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Episkopoi (Ancient Gr****: ἐπίσκοποι, sing. ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos,
literally "overseer"),
Latinized episcopus/episcopi, were
inspectors who were sometimes...
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often not yet
clearly distinguished from the term
overseer (ἐπίσκοποι
episkopoi,
later exclusively used as
meaning bishop), as in Acts 20:17,
Titus 1:5–7...
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either continuing to
equate them with the
presbyters or
speaking of
episkopoi (bishops, plural) in a city.
Clement of
Alexandria (end of the 2nd century)...
- ****as [Greece].")
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- the bishops/presbyters as
rulers of the church. The
epistle mentions episkopoi (overseers, bishops) or
presbyteroi (elders, presbyters) as the upper...
- proxenoi, who
fostered good
relations between Athens and
League members;
episkopoi and archontes, who
oversaw the
collection of tribute; and ****enotamiai...
- church, and the
responsibilities resting on its
several members,
including epískopoi (Koinē Gr****: ἐπίσκοποι, lit. 'overseers',
traditionally translated as...
- the
apostles in turn
selected other men to
succeed them as the
bishops (
episkopoi, Gr**** for "overseers") of the
Christian communities, with whom were ****ociated...
- to
different places and its
leaders in each
region came to be
known as
episkopoi (overseers,
plural of epískopos, overseer—Gr. ἐπίσκοπος),
which became...
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closest ****istants or
their successors directed the
local colleges of
episkopoi and
presbyteroi by the end of the
first century;
while by the beginning...
