tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post7266102091129013778..comments2023-04-02T07:03:21.099-05:00Comments on Principium Unitatis: Two Stumbling Blocks to UnityBryan Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-67870525668214653452008-01-31T00:02:00.000-06:002008-01-31T00:02:00.000-06:00Chad,That's a good point. I'm going to see if I ca...Chad,<BR/><BR/>That's a good point. I'm going to see if I can find a copy of Leithart's <I>Priesthood of the Plebs</I>, and see how he tries to argue for apostolic succession by baptism.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>In the peace of Christ,<BR/><BR/>- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-23376500399820672982008-01-30T10:41:00.000-06:002008-01-30T10:41:00.000-06:00When thinking about these claims, I always think a...When thinking about these claims, I always think about what arguments my father might make.<BR/><BR/>He is a pastor and elder in a non-denominational Bible Church with Plymouth Brethren leanings. He is generally non-sacramental and non-liturgical. He could probably care less about having "valid succession" whether through ordination or baptism, but I think if pressed, he would claim that the primary way of passing on the faith is through one-on-one discipleship. <BR/><BR/>The common practice would be an elder meeting with a younger person in the faith to pray and go through some basic doctrine (He uses a series from The Navigators). <BR/><BR/>Where we Catholics see apostolic succession through Bishops in the scriptures, he sees meeting with guys at McDonald's to study the Bible and form personal relationships.<BR/><BR/>If we can just attach succession to any Christian practice we like, I don't see why his ideas are any less valid or reliable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534825533948115912noreply@blogger.com