Apoštolská postupnosť
Successio Apostolica
Apostolic Succession
Legitimacy of ministerial authority: succession of doctrine vs. succession of office; Waldensian ordination (Unity); Venice ordinations (Utraquist)
Konfesionálne pozície / Confessional Positions
3 documented positions across 3 traditions
Luteránska / Lutheran
successio_doctrinae Apostolic succession is succession in true apostolic *teaching*, not unbroken chain of episcopal ordination. The ministry is validated by fidelity to the Gospel, not by institutional lineage.
Utrakvistická / Utraquist
successio_episcopal_maintained Utraquists desperately sought valid episcopal ordination — the Venice ordinations (1467-era for Unity; Utraquists sought ordination from Italian bishops earlier) show the importance of maintaining the episcopal succession.
The Utraquist anxiety about valid ordination reveals how deeply they remained within the Catholic ecclesiological framework.
Jednota bratská / Unity of Brethren
successio_waldensiana The Unity obtained episcopal consecration through Waldensian succession (Lhotka 1467) — an independent episcopal line bypassing Rome. This was a radical institutional innovation, creating apostolic succession without papal approval.
The Waldensian succession was contested even within the Unity. It represents a genuine tertium quid between Catholic succession and Protestant rejection of succession.
Terminologický aparát / Theological Vocabulary
2 terms across 4 languages (Latin, Czech 16c, German 16c, Slovak)
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
| Term | Latin | Čeština 16. st. | Deutsch 16. Jh. | Slovenčina (CS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| episcopal_succession | successio episcopalis; ordo episcoporum; cathedra apostolica | biskupská posloupnost; řád biskupů; stolice apoštolská | bischöfliche Sukzession; Ordnung der Bischöfe; apostolischer Stuhl | biskupská postupnosť; rad biskupov; stolica apoštolská |
| succession_of_doctrine | successio doctrinae; continuitas doctrinae; fidelitas evangelii | posloupnost učení; věrnost evangeliu | Nachfolge der Lehre; Treue zum Evangelium; Lehrfolge | postupnosť učenia; vernosť evanjeliu |
Hymnicko-liturgické dôkazy / Lex Orandi Evidence
Korpusové dôkazy budú doplnené v Fáze 3 výskumu.
Corpus evidence will be populated during Phase 3 research.