21. The movement emphasized the Apostolic Succession and Anglican Covenantal Theology. 22. This was therefore an early argument supported by apostolic succession . 23. This placed Bishop McGuire in apostolic succession , which was something he had greatly desired. 24. This notion of apostolic succession was rejected by Martin Luther, the founder of Lutheranism. 25. Following the upheaval of the 16th century Reformation in Ireland, there were parallel apostolic successions . 26. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox. 27. It affirms all seven Catholic sacraments and apostolic succession . 28. After the episcopate of Walter Wellesley ( 1529 1539 ), there were parallel apostolic successions . 29. Most Lutheran churches in Scandinavian countries are favorable to the traditional doctrine of apostolic succession . 30. McGuire believed that apostolic succession was " essential to authenticate the claims of the ".
