Re: episkope

From: Stilman Davis (stilman@infonortics.com)
Date: Sat Jan 03 1998 - 17:00:59 EST


This word is flexible, as has been pointed out. (I am sorry I have no
chapters and verses for you.) I always understood that the EPISKOPOS in
the NT is not an "official" person but that outside of the NT there is a
sclerosis into an "official" person. This is the argument around
Ignatius, arising from his own heated rhetoric, although the dictum
"methinks he doth protest too much" applies.

Just a few pence of reflection.

Regards,
Stilman Davis



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