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Other traditions accuse the Reformers of ignoring church tradition and frustrating church unity. That gets things backward.

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"The blessed Apostles, then, founded and built up the church in Rome. They committed the office of bishop into the hands of Linus. Of this, Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy.