apostolic succession

English

Noun

apostolic succession (countable and uncountable, plural apostolic successions)

1. (Christianity) The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.

Translations

chain of consecrations of bishops

• Czech: apoštolská posloupnost f
• Danish: apostolisk succession c
• French: succession apostolique f
• German: apostolische Sukzession f, apostolische Nachfolge f
• Icelandic: postulleg vígsluröð f
• Italian: successione apostolica f
• Latin: successiō apostolica f
• Polish: sukcesja apostolska f
• Portuguese: sucessão apostólica f
• Spanish: sucesión apostólica f
• Swedish: apostolisk succession (sv) c
• Ukrainian: апостольське спадкоємство n (apostolʹsʹke spadkojemstvo)