Word: diocesan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...equality. There was no bishop above the elders, and the only higher officers were the apostles. In later times, one of the elders was given the presidency and was often called bishop. We find no trace, however, of the selection of the bishop by the apostles, or even of diocesan episcopacy. The bishops were not priests, but officers of the church, charged with preserving order and repressing heresy. The imposition of hands, upon which so much stress is often laid, was a Jewish custom used in inaugurating both civil and religious officers. The universal verdict of scholars is that episcopacy...
...Brooks will not conduct chapel this morning as he is attending the Diocesan Convention. This will however be his last absence...
Poems marked "Derry Cathedral Prize Poem," are to be lodged with the Secretary, Diocesan Synod, Office, Londonderry, on or before February...