[xzins]

Again, I aver that the Spiritual succession is the one that counts

In the 3 underlined points in the above article, the point is carefully made that even the physical succession argument is very suspect. Check it out.

Essay (again) right on the money.

[Alamo-Girl]

In the 3 underlined points in the above article, the point is carefully made that even the physical succession argument is very suspect. Check it out.

I did read it and indeed, that is a very important point. But even if there were no flaws at all, the Apostolic succession would mean nothing to me personally because the choice is God's not man's.

That was the lesson of Cornelius, the commission of Paul, the rebuke of the Scribes and Pharisees - and the operative part of this excerpt from John's Gospel (emphasis mine):

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. - John 1:12-13