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...

ordinations. The agreement provided that the ELCA would accept the historical episcopate and the "threefold ministry" of bishop - priest (or pastor) - deacon...

Scipione Agnelli (1586 – 1 October 1653) was an Italian Catholic bishop, scholar and jurist. Born in Mantua, Agnelli was the son of Count Lepido Agnelli...

the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church of Sweden maintains the historical episcopate and claims apostolic succession. Some Lutheran churches have congregational...

support it as such. The Church of Denmark continues to maintain the historical episcopate. Theological authority is vested in bishops: ten bishops in mainland...

Scriptures and the Gospels, the traditions of the Apostolic Church, the historical episcopate, the first four ecumenical councils, and the early Church Fathers...

bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession Episcopal...

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...

as the Anglican Church maintained episcopal polity within the historical episcopate and believed that all its bishops and priests could trace an unbroken...

other bishops. The churches of the Anglican Communion maintain the historical episcopate, which ordains clergy into the three orders of deacon, priest and...

Bishops with such authority are said to represent the historical episcopate or historic episcopate. Churches with this type of government usually believe...

churches that follow the doctrine of apostolic succession (the historical episcopate), the bishops who consecrate a new bishop are known as the consecrators...

Episcopal Church in the United States for ordaining women to the historical episcopate, the Diocese of Fort Worth, which opposed women in holy orders,...

ministry of bishops, priests (or pastors) and deacons within the historical episcopate with apostolic succession (only bishops ordaining clergy or other...

present-day leaders. This apostolic succession is not part of the historical episcopate as preserved in the Roman, Anglican, Orthodox, and some other churches...

to key theological issues (e.g. regarding the Eucharist and the historical Episcopate), and requires full dogmatic assent to the pastoral authority of...

Germany, on the other hand, the primary issue has been the lack of historical episcopate and apostolic succession. Nevertheless, the Catholic movement has...

16:18.[citation needed] Apostolic Succession Early Christianity Historical episcopate Papal infallibility Papal supremacy In French, the translation,...

ecclesiologically (through its episcopal governance and maintenance of the historical episcopate), and in liturgy and piety. The 39 Articles hold that "there are...

independent province of the Anglican Communion. This shows the historical succession of the episcopate within this church. The number references the sequence...

Hermoea - Heterodoxy - High Sabbaths - Hinduism - Hiram Abiff - Historical episcopate - History of ancient Israel and Judah - History of Christianity...

recognizes the biblical office of bishop but does not believe in an historical episcopate or adhere to the doctrine of apostolic succession. The General Superintendent...

historic episcopate is the understanding that the Christian ministry has descended from the Apostles by a continuous transmission through the episcopates. While...

reverence." Some Lutheran church bodies claim to also have retained the historical episcopate and apostolic succession. The evangelical feature of Lutheranism...

bishop of that diocese. Anglican Communion Apostolic Succession Historical Episcopate Church of England's Role in Kenya GAFCON Movement "The Rt. Rev....

support it as such. The Church of Denmark continues to maintain the historical episcopate. Theological authority is vested in bishops: ten bishops in mainland...

Catholic Churches claiming valid lines of apostolic succession in the historical episcopate but not in communion with Rome or any Orthodox patriarch Church...

bishops, the Methodist Church does not subscribe to the idea of an historical episcopate. It does, however, affirm the doctrine of apostolic succession....

worldwide. The Communion has its apostolic succession within the historical episcopate through the Rebiban line via Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Duarte...