LOL First of all Methodists don’t have a pope not do many of those other denominations mentioned. Second we can eliminate any credibility to that fantasy line of Popes because there was no Linus listed as even a Bishop of Rome anywhere in any history of the day. It’s all made up by the Catholic Church from on obscure verse in scripture. Do a study on the history on the title pope and you will see there was no such thing as a single “pope” for at least 300 years.
“...obscure verse in scripture ...”
All scripture is profitable, remember.
Was St. Iraneus straight up lying in his Adversus Heresies book? Not likely.
If you want to debate the role of the Pope, be my guest.
But that’s not what what you were previously arguing, and what I corrected you on. You said that apostolic succession through the Catholic Popes and Bishops exists only in made up Catholic histories or fantasies.
I showed you places where Protestants and Orthodox (as examples) also accept the same line of apostolic succession, through the same Catholic Bishops and Popes until the Reformation or the break between the East and West. Of course they disagree on the specific roles of those Popes and Bishops.
You can add to your list and say that this line of succession exists only in Catholic, Orthodox and many Protestant histories and fantasies if you wish, but your original point that this concept is unique to the Catholic Church was already disproven.