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Theepiscopateand a substantial body of laity do not seem able to communicate with one another very clearly.
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There is a senior diocesan who has often said that, in a mixed and large diocese, he has in his longepiscopateopened far more churches than he has closed.
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His literary activity, which had been considerable, was in no way diminished by his elevation to theepiscopate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was ordained to theepiscopatein 1983.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theepiscopateis a single whole, in which each bishop enjoys full possession.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theepiscopate, too, was usually tolerant of such failings.
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Yet the early decades of the seventeenth century saw a concerted effort by theepiscopateto bring religious order to dioceses.
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From the very start of hisepiscopate, the cathedral priory showed themselves eager to please their new bishop.
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Brief soundings illustrate the relative radicalism of the episcopate's plans.
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Historians who confront a diocese and attempt to interpret what was happening within it during any particularepiscopateface a number of ' hidden agendas ' within the surviving records.
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Charity was, therefore, the fundamental bedrock of the episcopal vocation because without it, a bishop could not possess the other virtues essential to theepiscopate, namely, humility, zeal and piety.
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Her chapter on hisepiscopate, based on a thorough acquaintance with both the original records and the secondary literature, is easily the most comprehensive and illuminating to date.
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At the same time, the commission of the general assembly, established in 1597 as the ecclesiastical equivalent of the privy council, was being gradually superseded by theepiscopate.
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By late 1928, moreover, theepiscopateadmitted that persecution had continued 'for much longer than we would have believed', and offered an express route to salvation.
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But they were under no illusions that the real obstacles to the implementation of the gospel were their ' papistical ' enemies in theepiscopateand among the higher clergy.
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On this question of giving power to theepiscopate, one of the most notable examples is patronage.
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There is no evidence whatsoever that women were admitted to the ordained ministry as represented by theepiscopateor the presbyterate.
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Another set of concerns relates to the ordination of women to the priesthood and to theepiscopate.
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I have seen that decline over the years of myepiscopatethere.
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