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Episcopal meaning
Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
Synonyms of Episcopal
Example sentences (20)
Both churches are Protestant, but the Scottish Episcopal Church chose episcopal oversight (bishops) over presbyterian elders and superintendents.
To add to the concerns over the status of the meeting and the obscuring of episcopal and non-episcopal votes, the Synod Secretariat has said it will not give a breakdown of the voting to show how many bishop members and non-bishop members voted.
I am an Atlanta-native and my wife Laura and I are lifelong parishioner of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church with all three of the Foster children “Alpha Omegas” of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School.
At the Episcopal Church’s 2003 General Convention, Gene Robinson became the first priest in an openly gay relationship to be confirmed as a bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion (of which the Episcopal Church is a member).
Loaves and Fishes, a community weekend hot lunch program hosted by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 11 Shite St., and staffed by volunteers from 11 community groups, has been awarded a $3,000 grant by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
After leaving the seminary, Thomas attended Episcopal services, and Danforth is an ordained Episcopal priest.
Episcopal Church (United States) The Episcopal Church uses the Apostles' Creed as a Baptismal Covenant for those who are to receive the Rite of Baptism.
He spoke before the Evangelical Alliance and Episcopal convention, and was the means of having a new canon confirmed, to the effect that Protestant Episcopal clergyman should at least once a year preach a sermon on cruelty and mercy to animals.
In 1980 John Paul II issued a Pastoral Provision allowing married former Episcopal priests to become Catholic priests, and for the acceptance of former Episcopal Church parishes into the Catholic Church.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a similar structure to the United Methodist Church, also using the Episcopal Area.
The two general conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church (the northern section) and Methodist Episcopal Church, South remained separate until 1939.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect St, Torrington on a date to be determined by the family.
A dispute that began with their vestry right to call a priest of their own choosing and ended with their right to leave as they entered The Episcopal Church, USA (TEC) with its property.
After a two-year hiatus, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church will host its “Celebration of Community Art Show” this month.
Although episcopal biographies are not much in fashion these days, anyone interested in the history of the Church in Chicago will enjoy this book.
As explained to VOL by Bishop Bill Atwood in October, the ACNA currently has two Jurisdictions -- the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC).
A short text describing his pontificate was sealed inside a metal cylinder and placed with his body along with episcopal palliums, the white wool vestment worn around the neck that symbolizes a bishop’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Auditions will take place in St Columba’s Episcopal Church hall on Wednesday February 1 from 7:30pm.
Bishops gathered at the19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar in Accra, Ghana, July 2022.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, also spoke about this tragedy.