Quick Question About Succession

[discipulus]

I don’t want to cause any debate, I just have a quick question as a Catholic. In the following web pages, quotes are provided to show reference to the succession of Peter:

catholic.com/library/Peter_Successors.asp

Now, why is it that the first two quotes appear to conflict with each other? I believe that Linus is the successor of Peter, so why does the second quote seem to say otherwise? Please help.

 

[Todd_Easton]

This difficulty is discussed a little in the article on “Pope St. Clement I” in the online 1917 *Catholic Encyclopedia, *including the idea that “…Clement had been ordained by Peter and declined to be bishop, but twenty-four years later really exercised the office…”

 

[Ghosty]

Indeed, being ordained a Bishop didn’t necessarily make him the Bishop of Rome. He had his ordination from Peter, and after Linus he ascended to be Bishop of Rome. Prior to that he could have been what we might call an auxillary bishop. I imagine St. Mark would also claim this same kind of role from Peter, as he was sent by Peter to found the Church in Alexandria, and became the first Bishop there. Obviously he would have had to of been ordained by an Apostle, so it seems likely to me that Mark was ordained by Peter before even travelling to Egypt.

Peace and God bless!

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

discipulus:

I don’t want to cause any debate, I just have a quick question as a Catholic. In the following web pages, quotes are provided to show reference to the succession of Peter:

catholic.com/library/Peter_Successors.asp

Now, why is it that the first two quotes appear to conflict with each other? I believe that Linus is the successor of Peter, so why does the second quote seem to say otherwise? Please help.

The first quote does not say that Peter Ordained him, it does say that he succeded him in the office of Bishop of Rome. The second does not say that he was Peters immediate successor as the Bishop of Rome (at that time), only that Peter Ordained him. The two quotes do not conflict with each other.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Ghosty:

Indeed, being ordained a Bishop didn’t necessarily make him the Bishop of Rome. He had his ordination from Peter, and after Linus he ascended to be Bishop of Rome. Prior to that he could have been what we might call an auxillary bishop. I imagine St. Mark would also claim this same kind of role from Peter, as he was sent by Peter to found the Church in Alexandria, and became the first Bishop there. Obviously he would have had to of been ordained by an Apostle, so it seems likely to me that Mark was ordained by Peter before even travelling to Egypt.

Peace and God bless!

There was one other between Linus and Clement. Cletus or Antecletus.