Apostles in The Church: Yesterday and Today

[Cal]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Very interesting that you appeal to the Catholic viewpoint that the bishopry replaced apostles after Johm died. Any Bible verse for that?

I never said the bishopry replaced the apostles.

What I said was since the revelation was closed there was no more need for men to receive direct revelation from God. (Rev 22:18).

That being the case, the authority of apostles was by definition reduced. The nature of the apostolic gift changed. Big 'A' apostles gave way to little 'a' apostles. These we now call missionaries or church planters. But I don't believe any of them have extra-local authority.