One of our resident Truth Smackers, Steko, buries Apostolic succession dead in it's tracks!
There is no Apostolic Succession.
1Co_4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.-KJV
1Co 4:9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.-ESV
1Co 4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.-NASB
1Co 4:9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.-NKJV
Eph_2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
When one builds an edifice, the foundation is the first construction at its' base.
There is no other point in the construction where another foundation is laid, nor does the construction of a foundation continue during the process of building the rest of the edifice.
The foundation was laid in the first century and was completed.