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Protothronus

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is, in the Greek Church, the name of the first bishop of an ecclesiastical province; he holds the first rank after the patriarch or after the metropolitan. At the death of either of these latter dignitaries, the protothronus assumes his jurisdiction until a successor is installed.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Protothronus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/protothronus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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