episkopoi

It is today an established fact that the title episkopoi, which now and then occurs as an official title in Greek associations, does not furnish an argument for the derivation of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Originally, as the name episkopoi shows, they stood alongside of the town bishops; but as a real distinct point — was drawn from the outset between the bishop of a provincial capital and the bishops of other towns, so a country bishop always was inferior to his colleagues in the towns, and indeed often occupied a position of real dependence on them (cp.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Titus to ordain elders; the requisite character of "episkopoi",

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

The manner in which the "episkopoi" are mentioned immediately afterwards (i. 5, 7) strongly favours the idea that the name "episkopos" is here used as a title of the presbyters, as in Acts xx.

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

'episkopoi' functioned as presiders at the sacred liturgy ( "work of the people"), not as special intermediaries between God and man.

National Catholic Reporter 2009

Christian communities of the apostolic age made no distinction between clergy and laity, but by 100 C.E. episkopoi (supervisors) and presbyteroi (elders) sat apart at religious ceremonies from the laikoi (the people).

b. The Early Church 2001

If necessary, Athenian garrisons were established under military officers called phrourarchoi, though sometimes only civilian “overseers” (episkopoi) were sent.

478-477 2001

Iēsous Christos tou patros hē gnōmē, hōs kai hoi episkopoi hoi kata ta perata horisthentes Iēsou Christou gnōmē eisin; the expression in it concerning Christ being unsound, unscriptural; concerning bishops, unintelligible or ridiculous.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

The œcumenical patriarch could contemplate the college of cardinals marshalled around the Western throne with greater complacency when he remembered his hagiotatoi endemountes episkopoi.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Apostles, who instituted bishops (episkopoi) in obedience to the ordinance of Christ Himself.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913