episcopate
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Religion journalist Terry Mattingly of the GetReligion.org blog noted that Bishop Rohrer’s new episcopate is facing a sharp drop in “active participants,” down from 32,445 in 2012 to 25,043 in 2019.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the head of the Polish episcopate, earlier in March called for more church services to accommodate worshippers, as not praying during the epidemic would be “unthinkable”.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2020
The Polish episcopate and local bishop acknowledged the burning, but declined to comment, AFP reported.
From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2019
Healing will not begin until the episcopate reveals to the world what true repentance looks like, and makes that repentance visible through a change in behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2018
In Italy the independence of the episcopate had long since been broken down, and it could offer no efficient opposition to the encroachment on its jurisdiction.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
