What happened to the priesthood after the apostles died? Ep. 166

Shortly after the death of Christ, the Apostles, which he had ordained to govern his church, were hunted down and killed. In this episode, Dave explores what happened to their priesthood authority, and whether or not the local bishops were authorized to take their place.

Video transcript and additional notes: https://bit.ly/3PqGo5n

For info on priesthood keys, please see the resources in the description of the previous episode (about priesthood keys).

“Successors of the Apostles” by Jimmy Akins, Catholic.com: https://bit.ly/3tFcsdC
“The internal development of the early Christian church: via Encyclopedia Britannica: http://bit.ly/2vGNW0j
“Papacy” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3Lk7UiX
“Primacy of the Pope” via Encycloepdia.com: https://bit.ly/35lqfg8
“Presbyter” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3qEsjay
“Patriarch” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3IEwnxG
“Metropolitan” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3iCLA7H
“Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp: Three Bishops between the Apostles and Apostasy” by Richard Lloyd Anderson (Church’s website): https://bit.ly/3LfsbpD
“East-West Schism” via Encyclopedia Britannica: http://bit.ly/2TkBOLI
“Apostolic succession” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3tDQqrv
“Apostolic Succession” via New World Encyclopedia: https://bit.ly/3DdOGZx
“First Letter of Clement” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3wIabQK
“First Council of Nicaea” via Encyclopedia Britannica: http://bit.ly/38T5vZP
“First Council of Nicaea” via New World Encyclopedia: https://bit.ly/3NniaIT
“Donation of Constantine” via Encyclopedia Britannica: https://bit.ly/3iCOaup
“Pope Linus” via New World Encyclopedia: https://bit.ly/3JJmlwi

Notes

— “...the Christian churches were independent of each other; nor were they joined together by association, confederacy, or other bonds but those of charity. Each Christian assembly was a little state, governed by its own laws, which were either enacted, or, at least, approved by the society.” - Johann Mosheim, “Eccl. Hist.,” Cent. II, Part II, ch. 2:2. Cited in “The Great Apostasy,” by James E. Talmage, pg. 131.

— “In each city the senior member of the college (assembly) of presbyters, the bishop, naturally had some special authority; he corresponded with other churches and would attend the ordinations of new bishops as the representative of his own community and as a symbol of the catholicity—the universality and unity—of the church of Christ.” Source: http://bit.ly/2vGNW0j

— “… Stephen of Rome (256) is the first known pope to base claims to authority on Jesus’ commission to Peter (Matthew 16:18–19).” Source: http://bit.ly/2vGNW0j

— “The claims that the church of Rome was founded by Peter or that he served as its first bishop are in dispute and rest on evidence that is not earlier than the middle or late 2nd century.” Source: https://bit.ly/3usQ1r6

— “Since we have no evidence of when Peter arrived in Rome or the circumstances that led to his execution, later claims that he was bishop in a Roman community must rest on traditions about the apostle which emerged in the second century. For the first century of its existence, there was probably not a single bishop in the Roman church.” Source: “Peter: Apostle for the Whole Church” by Pheme Perkins, pg. 168.

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