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During Pope Benedict\u2019s Apostolic visit to the USA, remembering that \u2018apostle\u2019 means\u2019 \u2018sent one\u2019.<\/p>\n
From yesterday\u2019s gospel:<\/p>\n
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words
has something to judge him: the word that I spoke,
it will condemn him on the last day,
because I did not speak on my own,
but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.<\/span><\/p>\nJesus speaking to the apostles in the gospel from today\u2019s papal Mass:<\/div>\n
As the Father has sent me, even so, I am sending you.\n<\/p><\/span>From today\u2019s gospel:\n
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nFrom Ignatius of Antioch: c.108<\/div>\n
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Be eager to be firmly established in the doctrines of the Lord and of the Apostles\u2026be submissive to the Bishop as Jesus Christ was to the Father, and the Apostles to Christ\u2026that there may be unity\u2026All who belong to God and Jesus Christ are with the bishop; and all who repent of schism and come into the unity of the\u00a0Church\u00a0will also belong to God that they may be living\u00a0according\u00a0to Jesus\u00a0Christ.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Irenaeus of Lyon: c. 190<\/div>\n
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Therefore we will refute those who hold unauthorized assemblies\u2013by pointing to the tradition of the greatest and oldest church, a church known to all men which was founded and established at Rome by the most\u00a0renowned\u00a0apostles Peter and Paul. The tradition the church has from the Apostles has bee\u00a0proclaimed\u00a0to all men and has come down to our own day through the\u00a0succession\u00a0of bishops. for this\u00a0church\u00a0has the position of leadership and authority.<\/span><\/div>\n
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