Definition of Episcopates. Meaning of Episcopates. Synonyms of Episcopates

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Definition of Episcopates

Episcopate
Episcopate E*pis"co*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Episcopated; p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. --Milton.

Meaning of Episcopates from wikipedia

- dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical...
- The historic or historical episcopate comprises all episcopates, that is, it is the collective body of all the bishops of a group who are in valid apostolic...
- Episcopate can refer to the rank or fact of being a bishop a group of bishops that together form a historical episcopate episcopal polity, a form of organization...
- The Restoration was the return of the monarchy to Scotland in 1660 after the period of the Commonwealth, and the subsequent three decades of Scottish history...
- abolished the episcopates, and each shire commissioner was given their own vote. This arrangement continued upon the Restoration of the Episcopates in 1662...
- Apostle in Rome near the end of Paul's life. The earliest witness to the episcopate of Linus was Irenaeus, who in c. AD 180 wrote that "the blessed apostles...
- The Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishops' Conference (Polish: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski or KEP) is the central organ of the Catholic Church...
- Investiture Controversy was resolved. He had stormy relations with the episcopates of his realm: fighting with Stephen of Bar, bishop of Metz, and Adalberon...
- church-governors and deacons. However, this lack of recognition for an office of episcopate distinct from that of a presbyter did not entail a rejection of the validity...
- historic episcopate is the understanding that the Christian ministry has descended from the Apostles by a continuous transmission through the episcopates. While...