Excerpt from The Scriptural Argument Against Apostolical Succession: In Its Fabulous Genealogy, Its Claim of Supremacy for Peter, Its Graduated Scale of Ministerial Orders, and Its Perversion of the Rite of Laying on of Hands, in Four Lectures The family lineage of the Jewish church, then, when the terms are explained and understood, is found to contain something more than enters into Dr. Hook's theology. A special case, for the benefit of the Christian clergy, is derived with singular infelicity from a general case, in which, whatever might be the advantages of a succes sion, they belonged to the Whole nation. Let the whole case be presented, and it will be found to furnish, not a comparison to illustrate and confirm the theory of Apostolical Succession, but an argument for the destruction of that theory. That argument is opened, not exhausted, m the first of the following Lectures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.