RE: The Demise of a Meme

From: Gatherer, D. (Derek) (D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 15:58:55 GMT

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Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme
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    >
    > The implication is that just as Catholic (and indeed Anglican) priests can
    > apparently trace their apostolic succession of ordinations back to
    Jesus...

    >That's rather difficult to believe.

    Apparently, it's reasonably easy to do this, as only bishops can ordain.
    Since bishops' lives are reasonably well documented in ecclesiatical
    history, it ought to be a straightforward (if pointless, except for the
    clerics concerned, for whom it might hold the same fascination as
    supervisorial succesion does for me) job.

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