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Church is Apostolic


Mt 16:18	Jesus: you are Rock; and on this rock
Mt 28:19-20	Jesus gives all power to Apostles	Acknowledgment that a mark of the church was that it was "apostolic" was set forth in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, initially promulgated at the first ecumenical council (Nicaea; A.D. 325) and finalized at the second ecumenical council (Constantinople; A.D. 381). For an extended discussion of this issue, see "The Four Positives of the True Church."
Lk 10:16	Jesus: apostles can speak for Him
Lk 22:32	Peter as chief shepherd
Jn 15:16	Jesus chose special men as Apostles
Jn 17:17-22	Jesus commissions the Apostles
Jn 20:21	Jesus gives Apostles his own mission
Jn 21:15-17	Peter called to tend the flock
AA 1:13-26	new Apostle elected
Ep 2:20	apostolic foundation of Church