Sounds good, doesn't it...However, your apostolic line has been broken numerous times, even from the get-go from Peter...Names were later inserted into the line to make it look like an unbroken line...
The doctrine is found as early as the Epistle to the Corinthians (c. 96), traditionally attributed to Pope Clement I...
There you go again...You don't have the letter...It's your church's 'tradition' that such a letter ever existed...
It is expressly affirmed in Roman Catholicism. It is identified with the succession of bishops in office and interpreted as the source of the bishops’ authority and leadership role. The most specific instance of these claims is that the pope is the successor of St. Peter, who was chosen by Jesus as head of his church (see Matt. 16:16–18).
I can just imagine the look on a Catholic's face when he for the first time read the scriptures in his own language...No doubt he said about his church, 'this is not the church of the scriptures'...
The Reformers are the true catholics...
Maybe you should publish your own Encyclopedia.
I don’t think it would sell good though.
Merry Christmas.