| In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. |
| The shift away from Great Russian bishops generated conflicts with the incumbent episcopate, the parish clergy, and the laity. |
| In its place is the miter, the representation par excellence of the episcopate. |
| Scotland had no territorial episcopate before the 12th century and no archbishoprics before the late 15th century. |
| The creation of the episcopate, on the contrary, was the work of the second century. |
| By his death, Theodore had built up the episcopate and created an organized, united church under Canterbury. |
