apostolicity
Noun
Meaning
The state or quality of being apostolical.
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Accordingly, these Protestants strip the notion of apostolic succession from the definition of "apostolic" or "apostolicity."
Since the bishop, once ordained, becomes the guarantor of apostolicity and successor of the apostles; he joins together all the bishops, thus maintaining episkope of the local Churches derived from the college of the apostles.