apostolic succession

Noun

 * 1)  The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.

Translations

 * Czech: apoštolská posloupnost
 * Danish: apostolisk succession
 * French: succession apostolique
 * German: apostolische Sukzession, apostolische Nachfolge
 * Icelandic: postulleg vígsluröð
 * Italian: successione apostolica
 * Latin: successiō apostolica
 * Polish: sukcesja apostolska
 * Portuguese: sucessão apostólica
 * Spanish: sucesión apostólica
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: апостольське спадкоємство