Examples of 'episcopacy' in a sentence

Meaning of "episcopacy"

Episcopacy is the system of church government by bishops, commonly found in hierarchical religious organizations
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  • The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
  • Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.

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Little is known of his life career or episcopacy.
The dates of his episcopacy are uncertain.
Nothing is known of his work during his episcopacy.
His brief episcopacy was marked by energy and enterprise.
The date of the end of his episcopacy is unknown.
During his episcopacy many churches and schools were built in the diocese.
And that is what episcopacy preserves.
He held this office until his election to the episcopacy.
It did not specifically reject episcopacy but in effect undermined it.
The crosier is conferred upon a bishop during his ordination to the episcopacy.
His episcopacy may have been a figment of the monks of Jarre.
The rise of monarchical episcopacy.
Rome needs its Episcopacy to maintain her seven physical sacraments.
We elect women to the episcopacy.
His episcopacy also saw the laying of the foundation of the current Cathedral of Cusco.

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He was in favour of the episcopacy.
He resigned the episcopacy in order to enter the Order of Friars Minor.
And in favour of moderate episcopacy.
The Episcopacy was abolished.
This new form does not unequivocally signify the power of the episcopacy.
Santorio was consecrated to the episcopacy by Scipione Rebiba.
The permanent diaconate is an ordained ministry along with the priesthood and the episcopacy.
Their principal focus was an attack on the episcopacy of the Anglican Church.
It was during his term as Navarre provincial that Zubizarreta was raised to the episcopacy.
Cardinal Caetani was consecrated to the episcopacy by Ludovico Ludovisi.
He disapproved of the introduction of the Covenant and declared himself in favour of episcopacy.
The German episcopacy remained in resistance against the Papal Magisterium.
It has been said that there were three men consecrated to the episcopacy in secret.
The dates of his episcopacy in the Diocese of Poznan are reported in Annales Lubinensis.
Attempted to lead the church beyond the bitterness of the conflict between episcopacy and presbyterianism.
Aethelwold 's episcopacy was marked by three important events.
Catholicity then is understood in terms of Roman episcopacy.
Yes . we have the best episcopacy in the world.
O Government is a combination of congregationalism and episcopacy.
Episcopacy was restored, but without the prayerbook, and the meetings of the synods were forbidden.
He was a breath of fresh air for the Turkish episcopacy.
The first months of Beovich 's episcopacy were characterised by a cautious approach.
Bilson wrote one of the ablest books on behalf of Episcopacy.
However, the episcopacy was transformed into an administrative tool of the Frankish kings.
He was a strong opponent of Episcopacy.
During his episcopacy he promoted the inclusion of all baptized Christians, including gay members.
The manuscript of the cantata is stored in the archive of the Episcopacy of Linz.
During the episcopacy of Archbishop Spyridon of unhappy memory, the persecutions reached their zenith.
There are differences of opinion within the Church of England over the necessity of episcopacy.
In August, Innocent sent letters ordering the Sardinian episcopacy to go through with the marriage.
They therefore determined to invade England to help bring about the abolition of episcopacy.
His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years c.
All but two diocesan bishops were diocesan priests before assuming the episcopacy in Chicago.
The Episcopacy has been the target of the media ( national, local and social ).
Two representatives of the Bolivian episcopacy.

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