[PugetSoundSoldier]

The limbs or rather small appendages do break off — with the exception of the lutherans and the Anglicans, all other groups do not have Apostolic succession. To the orthodox believers among lutherans and anglicans, I do welcome them as Christians, but to others, I’m not so sure..

Wonderful. Can you show me in the New Testament where an Apostolic succession is required to be a Christian? Or is this your own personal theology creeping in?

[Yudan]

That sounds like one man’s opinion.

What Apostolic Succession represents is a dated notary’s stamp on the Orthodox Church’s birth certificate. So, we know where the Eternal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are in fact worshipped and glorified.

Aside from that, the Orthodox Church does not make pronouncements or declarations about where the Lord isn’t.

We’d appreciate it if the other expressions of the Faith would return the favor.

[Cronos]

Apostolic succession prevents the creeping in of errors like the Christian Scientists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons etc. which are examples of sub-sub-sub-sub-splits within Protestant groups. Those are the inevitable end-game along with Unitarians leading to the Western Reformed Branch of PresbyLutheranism.