History of Bishop

	Revision 9 . . October 27, 2001 12:54 am by (logged).146.101.xxx [Added the Eastern Orthodox claim to apostolic succession, mentioned the Pope as Bishop of Rome, and corrected a typo in the chess section.]
	Revision 8 . . (edit) October 3, 2001 4:35 am by DavidSaff

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A Bishop is an order in a number of churches, importantly the Roman Catholic church, the [Eastern Orthodox church]? and Anglican church. Bishops are generally responsible for leading a large area (a diocese) and all the churches contained therein. An archbishop is a bishop in charge of an important diocese; however, an archbishop is not a higher rank.

A Bishop is an order in a number of churches, importantly the Roman Catholic church, the [Eastern Orthodox church]? and Anglican church. Bishops are generally responsible for leading a large area (a diocese) and all the churches contained therein. An archbishop is a bishop in charge of an important diocese; however, an archbishop is not a higher rank. The Pope is also referred to as the Bishop of Rome.

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Catholic and Anglican bishops claim to be part of a continuous sequence of ordained bishops since the days of the apostles, the apostolic succession. The Catholic church, however, insists that Anglican orders are invalid, because of the rejection of transubstantiation. The Catholic church does however recognize as valid (though illegal) ordinations done by breakaway Catholic bishops, and groups descended from them, so long as the people receiving the ordination conform to other canonical requirements; this gives rise to the phenomena of episcopi vagantes.

Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox bishops claim to be part of a continuous sequence of ordained bishops since the days of the apostles, the apostolic succession. The Catholic church, however, insists that Anglican orders are invalid, because of the rejection of transubstantiation. The Catholic church does however recognize as valid (though illegal) ordinations done by breakaway Catholic bishops, and groups descended from them, so long as the people receiving the ordination conform to other canonical requirements; this gives rise to the phenomena of episcopi vagantes.

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A Bishop (see also Chess/Bishop) is a piece in the strategy board game of Chess. On both sides, there are two Bishops, each three spaces in from either side, between the Knight and the King or Queen. Each is reffered to as the King's Bishop (Queen's Bishop), or more generally the white and black Bishops, as each resides on either a white or black square, and given its movement is only diagonal, it always remains on either the white or black square.

A Bishop (see also Chess/Bishop) is a piece in the strategy board game of Chess. On both sides, there are two Bishops, each three spaces in from either side, between the Knight and the King or Queen. Each is referred to as the King's Bishop (Queen's Bishop), or more generally the white and black Bishops, as each resides on either a white or black square, and given its movement is only diagonal, it always remains on either the white or black square.