Mary’s Perpetual Virginity

[Faithhopeandcharity]

After the first century the Apostles didn't create more Apostles. Nobody on earth met the requirements for Apostleship. To be an Apostle you had to have been with Jesus and sat under His teaching. (Acts 1:21-25)

21 Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us— 22 beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.” 23 So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen 25 to [w]occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Matthias met this requirement. Nobody at the Lateran council met the requirement for Apostleship.

In two of his Epistles, Paul identifies the office of apostle as the first that Jesus appointed to serve His churches (1 Corinthians 12:27–30; Ephesians 4:11). Clearly, the work of apostleship was to lay the foundation of the Church in a sense secondary only to that of Christ Himself (Ephesians 2:19–20), thus requiring eyewitness authority behind their preaching. After the apostles laid the foundation, the Church could be built.

After the apostles’ deaths, other offices besides apostleship, not requiring an eyewitness relationship with Jesus, would carry on the work.

Those offices were called, in various places, Elder, Bishop, or even President. Their roll was to carry on the teaching of the original apostles but they themselves weren't apostles and had no special revelations directly from Christ.

The Apostles didn't pass on the authority of Apostleship, they passed on the responsibility to lead the church in the truth of the Gospel that they preached.

So, no, there were no apostles at any of the councils. All the men at those councils were bound by the gospel of Christ that was delivered by Christ and the apostles. Their job was to be faithful to the teachings that were handed to them by the Apostles. Unfortunately, they weren't faithful to the Gospel and the teachings that were given them and instead affirmed new teachings that had crept into the church.

The bishops have apostolic authority under apostolic succession Same authority as Christ and the apostles Jn 20:21-23 until Christ returns

 

[Faithhopeandcharity]

Matt 28:19-20 applies until Christ returns
Peter and his valid successors and the apostles and their valid successors continues to the end

 

[Lanman87]

The bishops have apostolic authority under apostolic succession Same authority as Christ and the apostles Jn 20:21-23 until Christ returns

Another tradition of men created to have control over the masses. Apostolic succession isn't what Catholic's say it is.

 

[Faithhopeandcharity]

Another tradition of men created to have control over the masses. Apostolic succession isn't what Catholic's say it is.

Biblical! Why does Jesus command them to obey the successors of Moses? Matt 23

 

[Albion]

Matt 28:19-20 applies until Christ returns
Peter and his valid successors and the apostles and their valid successors continues to the end

Check. We promise to take note that such is your own belief, that you're sticking to it, and that you feel the need to say it often.

 

[Faithhopeandcharity]

Check. We promise to take note that such is your own belief, that you're sticking to it, and that you feel the need to say it often.

Matt 28:19-20
What are the things Christ commanded his apostles in this verse?

 

[Faithhopeandcharity]

Or tell me what is the second commandment? According to scripture

 

[Lanman87]

Biblical! Why does Jesus command them to obey the successors of Moses? Matt 23

I always find it ironic that Catholics try to use where Jesus told us to "do what they say but not what they do" as the Catholic church having the same authority as the "Scribes and Pharisees". That is one group I don't want to have anything to do with.

Most of Matthew 23 (and other places) is Jesus calling out the Scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy.

Also, Jesus himself did not obey the hundreds of man made traditions and rules the scribes and pharisees.

Mark 7:9-13

9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is [a]certainly to be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is, [b]given to God),’ 12 you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

Also see Matthew 12:1-8

Jesus was telling the people that the Scribes and Pharisees were to be obeyed only in the sense that they taught the Old Testament scriptures from the "Chair of Moses". In other words, they were to obey the Mosaic Law. But Jesus himself showed us that we are not to obey the "Traditions of Men". For the Jews, that was all the hundreds of extra rules and practices that were the oral tradition of the Scribes and Pharisees. For Christians, it is anything that distracts from or nullifies the Gospel message of redemption through Faith in Christ.

Mariology (along with a bunch of other things the Catholic church teaches) are Traditions of Men that were not part of the "rule of faith" handed down by Christ and the Apostles. It is something made up by church leaders hundreds of years after Christ just like the "Traditions of men" that were made up by the scribes and pharisees during the time between the writing of the Old Testament and the Advent of Christ.

Both are to be rejected.