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... bishop and presbyters , and afterwards solely on the bishop , yet that the people , as well as the presbyters , as far down , at least , as to the middle of the third century , retained some share in the decision of questions wherein ...
... bishop and presbyters , and afterwards solely on the bishop , yet that the people , as well as the presbyters , as far down , at least , as to the middle of the third century , retained some share in the decision of questions wherein ...
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... bishop's power of judging , in secular matters , was not only ratified by law , but through an ill - judged indulgence , as soon appeared by the event , was further extended , backed by the secular arm , and rendered compulsory ...
... bishop's power of judging , in secular matters , was not only ratified by law , but through an ill - judged indulgence , as soon appeared by the event , was further extended , backed by the secular arm , and rendered compulsory ...
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... bishop might judge , as well as the magistrate , and that the right of prevention ought to take place in favour of that court before which the cause should first be brought . In consequence of this curious distinction , they , at length ...
... bishop might judge , as well as the magistrate , and that the right of prevention ought to take place in favour of that court before which the cause should first be brought . In consequence of this curious distinction , they , at length ...
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... bishops or overseers , presbyters or elders , and deacons or attendants . Now the doubts that have arisen are chiefly concerning the two ... bishop , at the seventh . In like manner the apostle Peter : 1 Pet . v . 1. " The 72 LECTURES ON.
... bishops or overseers , presbyters or elders , and deacons or attendants . Now the doubts that have arisen are chiefly concerning the two ... bishop , at the seventh . In like manner the apostle Peter : 1 Pet . v . 1. " The 72 LECTURES ON.
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... bishops . The truth is , the word swinowos was properly the name of office , and we was a title of re- spect , borrowed ... bishop , as the word in his time implied , when he imagined he discovered it in a phrase which occurs but once in ...
... bishops . The truth is , the word swinowos was properly the name of office , and we was a title of re- spect , borrowed ... bishop , as the word in his time implied , when he imagined he discovered it in a phrase which occurs but once in ...
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