Assertion: church's bishop | /r/HasProperty | the successors of the apostles
Facets:
value: by divine appointment
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: (b) The bishops of the Church are the successors of the apostles because they have received their power of orders by valid consecration through an unbroken line of successors of the apostles, and have received their power of jurisdiction through their union with the Pope, the successor of Saint Peter.
text: Developments were not always consistent with the evolution of Western Christianity, where the bishop of Rome, or pope, came to be considered the successor of the apostle Peter and head of the universal church by divine appointment.