I know the bit about Apostles. I don’t get this succession business. Do you have Scripture for that, or is it only in the traditions? Because to my mind, there’s a big difference between passing along the pure teachings that came from Jesus, and declaring someone to be divinely appointed as a leader of a congregation.
And even if I were to concede that point, this means that the Roman church is the only true church... why? All you’ve said is that they claim to have succession, not that they actually DO have it. Why should I believe them?
I refer you to Titus 1:4-well almost the entire letter. Paul, to whose authority you must submit (he was the Apostle to the Gentiles) spiritually fathered Titus and was instructing Titus, how to appoint bishops and elders throughout Crete to maintain the doctrinal and practical unity of the churches (this is the succession I am discussing).
I did not write you should believe them, that is for your own conscience to determine. I wrote that if one denies their claim of succession, one should propose an alternate succession to which one can submit (not Joel Osteen).