[OneWingedShark]

“By definition, it does: Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bishops.”

Continuous succession - you said those words. That’s the point.

“If they were not different they could not be successors.”

If there was no continuity there were no successors. You lost this debate already. Your own language has defeated you.

No, actually it hasn't; it has only shown you to alter meanings: first you said that the church was founded on Peter [and no-one else], and now you say Peter and his successors.

[vladimir998]

“No, actually it hasn’t; it has only shown you to alter meanings: first you said that the church was founded on Peter [and no-one else], and now you say Peter and his successors.”

Nope. Nowhere did I Church was founded on the successors. Why are you making up something I never said?

Now, having said that, you might want to read Ephesians 2:19-20.