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How did the church leader Irenaeus help bring about the rise of the pope and the Roman church?
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Irenaeus claimed
-that the Apostles had appointed bishops as their successors,
-that these successors had in turn appointed successors of their own,
-and that much (if not all) of the authority of the Apostles had therefore been passed down in an unbroken line to the bishops of his day.
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What action by the Roman Church denies an individual access to salvation?
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