Apostolic Succession:
The doctrine that God needs man.
How about, rather, that God has chosen for us to need man in our relationship with Himself.
“How about, rather, that God has chosen for us to need man in our relationship with Himself.”
Nope. We approach God through Jesus, not through some other man who has better standing with God. That’s not to say a christian more experienced than you may not lead you, but It does mean every man approaches god as an equal. A man in the pew of some small baptist church is not any less before god than some Bishop or Cardinal or Pope.
Works really well unless your goal is gaining control of people.