| 单词 | presbyter-bishop |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresbyter-bishop presbyter-bishop n. historical a presbyter (sense 1b) considered as the equivalent of a bishop (bishop n. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > elder > [noun] priestOE senior1382 presbyter1528 lay elder1593 ruling elder1593 presbyter-bishop1654 lay presbyter1656 1654 Divine Right Gospel-ministry ii. ii. 17 What our opinion is concerning the divine right of Episcopacy, and what difference there is between a Presbyter Bishop, and a Bishop over Presbyters.., we shall have occasion to declare hereafter. 1716 J. Hartley Def. Vindic. Presbyterian Ordination 52 Mere Presbyters, (that is, the Presbyter Bishops of Ephesus) had no such Power committed to 'em. 1835 Biblical Repertory Oct. 590 At a bishop's consecration, he receives as his commission..St. Paul's description of a ‘presbyter-bishop,’ that is to say, a presbyter! 1903 Union Mag. Aug. 364/2 Presbyter-bishops were in existence before the single bishop was thought of. 2003 Church Times 31 Oct. 8/5 Then the fractionalised Roman community of the second and early third centuries showed within a single city a number of house-churches presided over by presbyter-bishops in a loose federation: there was no single territorial monarch. < as lemmas |
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