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Published: April 4, 2009

Our Faiths: Many churches’ history dates to Christ

BY ANDREW TEVINGTON

Q. In an earlier article, Bob asked you where he could find the apostolic succession from his minister to the original 12. Wouldn’t it have been better for him if you would just tell him that it is not possible for his minister to have that succession unless he was ordained by the Catholic Church? His church couldn’t be more than 500 years old. How could his church go back 2,000 years to the church that Christ ...

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