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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Episcopa
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a name sometimes given in the early Church to the wife of a bishop. The word is used in this sense in the second Council of Tours, where it is said that if a bishop have not a wife there shall no train of women follow him.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Episcopa'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/episcopa.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Episcopa'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/episcopa.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
