The earliest writings of the Apostolic Fathers, the Didache and the First Epistle of Clement, for example, show the church used two terms for local church offices-presbyters (seen by many as an interchangeable term with episcopos or overseer) and deacon.Ī 6th-century image of Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius. The word presbyter was distinguished from overseer ( Ancient Greek: ἐπίσκοπος episkopos, later used exclusively to mean bishop), as in Acts 20:17, Titus 1:5–7 and 1 Peter 5:1. In Acts 14:23, the Apostle Paul ordains presbyters in churches in Anatolia. In Acts 11:30 and Acts 15:22, we see a collegiate system of government in Jerusalem chaired by James the Just, according to tradition the first bishop of the city. The earliest organization of the Church in Jerusalem was, according to most scholars, similar to that of Jewish synagogues, but it had a council or college of ordained presbyters ( Ancient Greek: πρεσβύτεροι elders). In the early Christian era the term was not always clearly distinguished from presbýteros (literally: "elder" or "senior", origin of the modern English word "priest"), but is used in the sense of the order or office of bishop, distinct from that of presbyter, in the writings attributed to Ignatius of Antioch. It later transformed into the Latin episcopus, Old English biscop, Middle English bisshop and lastly bishop. In Greek literature, the term had been used for several centuries before the advent of Christianity. However, the term epískopos did not originate in Christianity. The English term bishop derives from the Greek word ἐπίσκοπος epískopos, meaning "overseer" in Greek, the early language of the Christian Church.
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Within these churches, bishops are seen as those who possess the full priesthood and can ordain clergy, including other bishops. Within the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Moravian, Anglican, Old Catholic, some Lutheran churches, Independent Catholic churches, as well as the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. The title is most often used in Christian Churches, but is also used in some Japanese Buddhist institutions, and by the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo. A bishop is an ordained or appointed member in a religious institution, who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.
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