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From all which, we may justly infer, That this Succession was not in mere Presidency of Order, but that the Bishops succeeded the Apostles in the Government over those Churches. But as Theodoret well observes, The Name of Apostles was not continued, out of Reverence to the Apostles; but the Name of Bishops was then appropriated to the Successours of the Apostles. |
From all which, we may justly infer, That this Succession was not in mere Presidency of Order, but that the Bishops succeeded the Apostles in the Government over those Churches. But as Theodoret well observes, The Name of Apostles was not continued, out of reverence to the Apostles; but the Name of Bishops was then appropriated to the Successors of the Apostles. |
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