单词 | episcopacy |
释义 | episcopacy/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi / /ɛˈpɪskəpəsi/noun (plural episcopacies) [mass noun] 1Government of a Church by bishops.Second, there is the theological import of the American church's commitment to episcopacy....
1.1 (the episcopacy) The bishops of a region or church collectively.The molesters and their protectors in the episcopacy come from across the ideological landscape, from liberal to conservative churchmen, from priests trained before Vatican II to those ordained afterward....
1.2The office of a bishop.Orthodox people certainly can deeply appreciate the Rhodes conclusions regarding the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood and episcopacy....
OriginMid 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus 'episcopate', on the pattern of prelacy. Rhymes |
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