- 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...
-
Timothy and
Epistle to
Titus in the New
Testament a more
clearly defined episcopate can be seen. Both
letters state that Paul had left
Timothy in Ephesus...
-
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...
-
Bishop of
Jerusalem may
refer to:
Early bishops of
Jerusalem (until 451) Gr****
Orthodox Patriarch of
Jerusalem Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem...
-
Archbishop Nathaniel Archbishop of
Detroit and the
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of
America (secular name
William George Popp; born June 12, 1940) is a...
- Pope
Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born
Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17
December 1936) is the head of the
Catholic Church...
- of
governance within the church.
There are
three levels of clergy: the
episcopate,
composed of
bishops who hold
jurisdiction over a
geographic area called...
-
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
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...
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Roman Catholic Church 2002 19,484 66,404 50,017 (1997)
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate 1996 37 65 37
Salvation Army, The 1998 1,388 471 2,920
Scientology 2005...
