Yes. Me too. When we close out the 4th and last cup at the passover celebration we say "next year in Jerusalem". So I say to you my brother "next year in Jerusalem".
Yes, and they went out and ordained other bishops, who shared in their authority. Remember Titus, Paul instructs him to act with all authority.
Yes, Paul granted to Titus all of the authority necessary for his calling (that of a Bishop ... or overseer of a church, I believe).
I didn't see that. It would seem you are reading this into the text. Mine simply says "all authority" not "all authority necessary to be a bishop."
That didn't make Titus an Apostle, nor is he ever referred to as an Apostle. All of those who are called Apostles in the Bible were witnesses to the resurrected Christ.
Yes, we make the distinction as well. Those who came after the Apostles are not apostles. But they do inherit the authority of the office. Not a limited (how?) authority of a "bishop" as opposed to apostolic authority, but the full authority given by Jesus to His Twelve.
(Didn't these very bishops hundreds of years later establish the canon?)
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