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I read this quote from the much respected Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, which to me underscores the concept of the priesthood and episcopate in the traditional churches: “The Priest holds a great position in the Divine Liturgy, because he asks the Father to send the Holy...

I know a lot about the ELCA since I grew up in it and I still go to an ELCA church when I am able to get out to my home church now where I feel like I belong, but I was asked, and I don't know, do ELCA bishops of synods and such still have home congregations where they serve on Sundays? Or...

Howdy! Bishops have plenty of work to do overseeing local churches and dealing with their problems, have to travel a lot. So they don't have time to have a family. Do you understand my rationale?

I shared this video on my Facebook account and thought the folks here would appreciate it too.

Either a bishop, Patriarch, Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch. How would you greet that person? With a kiss, reverence?

What evidence is there to support that Apostle Peter had ever been the Bishop of Rome? In all letters Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, there was not a slight mention that Peter had ever been at Rome. Throughout the book of Acts, we can see that Peter traveled to different regions to...

If Peter is considered the first Bishop of Rome and sometimes of Antioch as well, is Paul considered the founding Bishop of any sees? As far as I know he isn't thought of as a Bishop of Rome (although the beginning of the list sometimes has Clement after Peter and sometimes Linus etc. so seems...