Wednesday, August 17 – St. Mary the Virgin
6:00
p.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr.
Jamie, celebrant/preacher
Deacon
John, assisting
Friday,
August 19
Fr.
Jamie’s Day Off
Sunday,
August 21
11:00
a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr.
Jamie, celebrant/preacher
James
Mackay, organist
Upcoming
Events:
New
Member Sunday Sept 11.
If
you are interested in becoming a member of St. Stephen’s, please contact Fr.
Jamie.
Good
to Know:
What
is Apostolic Succession?
The
belief that bishops are the successors to the apostles and that episcopal
authority is derived from the apostles by an unbroken succession in the
ministry. This authority is specifically derived through the laying on of hands
for the ordination of bishops in lineal sequence from the apostles, through
their performing the ministry of the apostles, and through their succession in
episcopal sees traced back to the apostles. The apostolic succession is
continued in the bishops of the Episcopal Church, who seek to “carry on the
apostolic work of leading, supervising, and uniting the Church” (BCP, p. 510).
The apostolic succession may also be understood as a continuity in doctrinal
teaching from the time of the apostles to the present. The apostolic succession
is said to be a “sign, though not a guarantee” of the church's basic continuity
with the apostles and their time. The meaning of the apostolic succession
relative to the historic episcopate has been a significant issue in
Lutheran-Episcopal dialogues.
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