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chorepiscopus

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Subject Religion » Christianity

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631232032.2001.x


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‘Country bishop’: ancient term for the cleric overseeing rural areas outside a town. Canon XIII of Ancyra (314) forbade chorepiscopi to ordain priests or deacons except with written permission from the bishop. A similar prohibition in Canon X of the Dedication Synod of Antioch (341) makes it clear that the local city bishop has jurisdiction over a chorepiscopus. It is unclear whether a chorepiscopus was always in episcopal orders or a senior presbyter, like a Western rural dean. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity



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