Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is considered by some Christian denominations to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usua
The episcopal ordination of Deodatus; Claude Bassot [fr] (1580–1630)
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the English R
Apostolic succession
…is through a series of bishops. Those of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox; Oriental Orthodox and Church of the East; Scandinavian Lutheran, Anglican, Moravian and Czechoslovak Hussite; and Old Catholic traditions maintain that a bishop's orders are neither regular nor valid without consecration…
Jesus holding an Flag of the Resurrection and staff in the crook of his right arm depicted in a stained glass window in Rochester Cathedral in Rochester, Kent, England
Saint Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr
Augustine of Canterbury, the first archbishop of Canterbury
Queen Elizabeth I revived the Church of England in 1559 and established a uniform faith and practice; she took the title "Supreme Governor"