It is a commonplace to associate the low view of the episcopate not only with latitudinarians, but also with nineteenth-century evangelicals. |
In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. |
In its place is the miter, the representation par excellence of the episcopate. |
Does the historic episcopate include the priesthood and diaconate, which are not mentioned in the Quadrilateral? |
By his death, Theodore had built up the episcopate and created an organized, united church under Canterbury. |
The creation of the episcopate, on the contrary, was the work of the second century. |