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episcopal polity
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Episcopal polity
An
episcopal polity
is a
hierarchical
form of
church governance ("ecclesiastical polity")
in which the chief local authorities are called
bishops
. (The word "bishop" derives, via the
British Latin
and
Vulgar Latin
term
*ebiscopus
/
*biscopus
, from the
Ancient Greek
epískopos
meaning "overseer".) It is the structure used by many of the major
Christian Churches
and
denomination
s, such as
Catholic
,
Eastern
(e.g.
Eastern Orthodox
),
Anglican
and
Lutheran
churches or denominations, and other churches founded independently from these lineages.
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