1.   The hand is a strong one, and the sentiments, emphasizing the apostolic succession of bishops, are magisterially expressed.

2.   The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing, rather than as based on Apostolic succession.

3.   He continued training, not for the sake of body-fat reduction but to make himself worthy of a sort of nobility, an apostolic succession.

4.   In this case, the apostolic succession went awry.

5.   The concordat required Lutherans to accept apostolic succession for bishops, and many convention delegates feared that gave too much power to these church leaders.

6.   The stickiest part of the condordat will require Lutherans to accept apostolic succession, the belief that bishops are successors to the first apostles.

7.   This notion of apostolic succession was rejected by Martin Luther, the founder of Lutheranism.