**so I find the parallel of generational passage of power within the RCC to be a religious artifice at best and blasphemous at worst.**
I don’t find it blasphemous at all because a priestly power was passed down from Christ, the high priest, to Peter and then down through the generations. Christ knew that the Gentiles would also be converted and he sent the Apostles out (72 is an estimated number) two by two to convert first, Israel, and then later he sent them out to the whole world.
As I said in my previous post — I believe we will have to agree to disagree. You just don’t see the present day priests and being endowed. But then, you do not believe in the Sacrament of Holy Orders either, where priests are given that same power.
Good night.
I do recognize the authority of priests, but many RCC do not recognize the priesthood of their fellow brethren and substitute the authority of manmade institutions over those of the God made body.