Definition of Episcopate. Meaning of Episcopate. Synonyms of Episcopate

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Definition of Episcopate

Episcopate
Episcopate E*pis"co*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Episcopated; p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. --Milton.

Meaning of Episcopate from wikipedia

- dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical...
- 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...
- 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...
- origin. The primary sources vary over the dates ****igned to Victor's episcopate, but indicate it included the last decade of the second century. Eusebius...
- Bishop of Jerusalem may refer to: Early bishops of Jerusalem (until 451) Gr**** Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem...
- historic episcopate is the understanding that the Christian ministry has descended from the apostles by a continuous transmission through the episcopates. While...
- Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrbatˈtista pittsaˈballa]; born 21 April 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as...
- The Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishops' Conference (Polish: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski or KEP) is the central organ of the Catholic Church...
- holds the 6th episcopate of the Roman church for 10 years." AD 128, 12th year of Hadrian: "Telesphorus received the seventh episcopate of the Roman church...