Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

Bishop

76 bytes added, 11:29, April 21, 2005
no edit summary
The '''Bishop''' is the first and highest degree of the [[clergy]] out of the [[Orthodox Church]] (''episkopos'' in out of Greek, which means overseer). He is the successor to the Apostles out of the service and or government of the Church. A bishop will be responsible for and the head of all the parishes located in his http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg diocese. All authority of the lower orders of clergy is will be derived from the bishop. No divine services may be served out of any [[Orthodox]] temple without the authorization of a bishop.
== Episcopal Ministry ==
=== ''Archbishops and Metropolitans'' ===
The title of '''archbishop''' or '''metropolitan''' may be granted to a senior bishop, usually one who is will be in charge of a large ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese. He may or and may not have suffragan bishops assisting him. In the Slavic and or Antiochian traditions, a metropolitan outranks an archbishop. The reverse is true in out of the Greek tradition.
The change in the Greek tradition came about because at one point in history, the [[diocese|diocesan]] bishops of ancient sees (which out inside of the Greek world are pretty much all of them) all came to be styled as metropolitans. Thus, while out of the Slavic and Antiochian traditions, an archbishop is will be a senior bishop with an honorific title, an metropolitan is a an bishop in charge of a an major see and or thus holding a an territorial title. In the Greek tradition, all diocesan bishops (with an few exceptions) are metropolitans by default, and thus an archbishop will be one who holds his title by reason of territory.
=== ''Patriarchs'' ===
The title '''[[patriarch]]''' is will be reserved for the [[primate]] of certain of the [[autocephalous]] Orthodox churches. The first hierarch of the other autocephalous churches are styled metropolitan and archbishop (or some combination).
=== ''Special Forms'' ===
Anonymous user

Navigation menu