Mlolongo wa Kitume

Mlolongo wa Kitume (kwa Kiebrania האפיפיור הירושה, kwa Kigiriki Αποστολική διαδοχή) ni jambo linalodaiwa na imani ya baadhi ya madhehebu ya Ukristo, ya kwamba ni lazima viongozi wa Kanisa washiriki mamlaka ya Mitume wa Yesu katika mlolongo usiokatika wa kuwekewa mikono na maaskofu katika kuwapatia daraja takatifu.

Imani hiyo inatiwa maanani hasa na Kanisa Katoliki, Waorthodoksi, Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki, lakini pia Waanglikana na wengineo.

Kwao, maaskofu wa leo ni waandamizi wa wale wa jana na juzi hata kurudia kwa wale waliowekewa mikono na mitume wenyewe katika karne ya 1.

Mlolongo huo unahakikisha uhalali wa mamlaka yao katika kufundisha, kutakasa na kuongoza.

Kwa madhehebu mbalimbali ya Uprotestanti, suala la mikono si la lazima, kwani kwao ni muhimu zaidi kuendeleza mafundisho ya mitume.

Vyanzo na viungo vya nje
 Against Heresies, Online-text, Irenaeus, Against Heresies
 Apostolicity in the Catholic Encyclopedia
 Christian Cyclopedia article on apostolic succession
 Methodist Apostolicity  by Gregory S. Neal
 Methodist Episcopacy: In Search of Holy Orders (1990)  by Gregory S. Neal
 Scott Hahn on the Papacy  by Scott Hahn. Discusses "the chamberlain of the royal household of ancient Israel" or "Prime minister" of the "house of David" (Isaiah 22:22 ) vis-à-vis Dynastic Succession .
 Views on apostolic succession at WikiChristian
 "Was Wesley Ordained By Bishop Erasmus?" The Methodist Quarterly Review (1878) 

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