For the Anglican views on the subject, see Historic episcopate (Anglican views).
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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 succession. This succession is transmitted from each bishop to their successors by the rite of Holy Orders. It is sometimes subject of episcopal genealogy.
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The historic or historicalepiscopate comprises all episcopates, that is, it is the collective body of all the bishops of a group who are in valid apostolic...
ordinations. The agreement provided that the ELCA would accept the historicalepiscopate and the "threefold ministry" of bishop - priest (or pastor) - deacon...
the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church of Sweden maintains the historicalepiscopate and claims apostolic succession. Some Lutheran churches have congregational...
bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority Historicalepiscopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession Episcopal...
support it as such. The Church of Denmark continues to maintain the historicalepiscopate. Theological authority is vested in bishops: ten bishops in mainland...
Scriptures and the Gospels, the traditions of the Apostolic Church, the historicalepiscopate, the first four ecumenical councils, and the early Church Fathers...
Scipione Agnelli (1586 – 1 October 1653) was an Italian Catholic bishop, scholar and jurist. Born in Mantua, Agnelli was the son of Count Lepido Agnelli...
Timothy and Epistle to Titus in the New Testament a more clearly defined episcopate can be seen. Both letters state that Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus...
as the Anglican Church maintained episcopal polity within the historicalepiscopate and believed that all its bishops and priests could trace an unbroken...
Bishops with such authority are said to represent the historicalepiscopate or historic episcopate. Churches with this type of government usually believe...
to key theological issues (e.g. regarding the Eucharist and the historicalEpiscopate), and requires full dogmatic assent to the pastoral authority of...
other bishops. The churches of the Anglican Communion maintain the historicalepiscopate, which ordains clergy into the three orders of deacon, priest and...
present-day leaders. This apostolic succession is not part of the historicalepiscopate as preserved in the Roman, Anglican, Orthodox, and some other churches...
16:18.[citation needed] Apostolic Succession Early Christianity Historicalepiscopate Papal infallibility Papal supremacy In French, the translation,...
Germany, on the other hand, the primary issue has been the lack of historicalepiscopate and apostolic succession. Nevertheless, the Catholic movement has...
ecclesiologically (through its episcopal governance and maintenance of the historicalepiscopate), and in liturgy and piety. The 39 Articles hold that "there are...
ministry of bishops, priests (or pastors) and deacons within the historicalepiscopate with apostolic succession (only bishops ordaining clergy or other...
Episcopal Church in the United States for ordaining women to the historicalepiscopate, the Diocese of Fort Worth, which opposed women in holy orders,...
churches that follow the doctrine of apostolic succession (the historicalepiscopate), the bishops who consecrate a new bishop are known as the consecrators...
recognizes the biblical office of bishop but does not believe in an historicalepiscopate or adhere to the doctrine of apostolic succession. The General Superintendent...
reverence." Some Lutheran church bodies claim to also have retained the historicalepiscopate and apostolic succession. The evangelical feature of Lutheranism...
independent province of the Anglican Communion. This shows the historical succession of the episcopate within this church. The number references the sequence...
bishops, the Methodist Church does not subscribe to the idea of an historicalepiscopate. It does, however, affirm the doctrine of apostolic succession....