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" The earliest Christian communities appear to have been ruled and represented, in the absence of the Apostle who was their first founder, by their elders, who are likewise called bishops, or overseers of the churches. "
History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of ... - Page 19
by Henry Hart Milman - 1866
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The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the ..., Volume 2

Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 544 pages
...nihil passus est. Mosheim, de Reb. Christ. ante Mosheim suspects that in this Constant. p. 111. BOOK of Christian history which, since the Reformation,...church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and perhaps in Crete.* On the other hand, at a very early period, one religious functionary, superior to the rest, appears...
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The Eclectic Review

1840 - 760 pages
...the manner in which the bishop assumes a distinct authority from the inferior presbyters, is among those difficult questions of Christian history which,...overseers of the churches. These presbyter bishops and deacons are the only two orders which we discover at first in the church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and...
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Presbytery and Not Prelacy: The Scriptural and Primitive Polity, Proved from ...

Thomas Smyth - 1843 - 586 pages
...the manner in which the bishop assumes a distinct authority from the inferior presbyters, is among those difficult questions of christian history which,...overseers of the churches. These PRESBYTER BISHOPS and deacons are the only two orders which we discover at first in the church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and...
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Presbytery & Not Prelacy the Scriptural & Primitive Polity: Proved from the ...

Thomas Smyth - 1844 - 512 pages
...Reformation, has been more and more darkened, by those fatal enemies to candid and dispassionate enquiry, prejudice, and interest. The earliest Christian communities...overseers of the churches. These PRESBYTER BISHOPS and deacons are the only two orders which we discover at first in the church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and...
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The history of Christianity ... to the abolition of paganism in ..., Volume 2

Henry Hart Milman - 1863 - 556 pages
...presbyters, is one of those difficult questions of Christian history which, since the Keformation, has been more and more darkened by those fatal enemies...the Church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and perhaps in Crete.q On the other hand, at a very early period, one religious functionary, superior to the rest,...
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The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the ..., Volume 2

Henry Hart Milman - 1867 - 498 pages
...imperfect, in general or inferential evidence, yet few have been contested with greater pertinacity. The whole of Christendom, when it emerges out of the...the Church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and perhaps in Crete.1 On the other hand, at a very early period, one religious functionary, superior to the rest,...
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The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the ..., Volume 2

Henry Hart Milman - 1875 - 516 pages
...imperfect, in general or inferential evidence, yet few have been contested with greater pertinacity. The whole of Christendom, when it emerges out of the...called bishops, or overseers of the churches. These presbvter bishops and the deacons are the only two orders which we discover at first in the Church...
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Church Establishments Considered: Especially in Reference to the Church of ...

Richard Ingham - 1875 - 570 pages
...and represented, in the absence of the apostle who was their first founder, by their elders, who an? likewise called bishops or overseers of the churches....deacons are the only two orders which we discover in the Church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and perhaps in Crete." (History of Christianity, vol. ii., p....
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Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D.

Thomas Smyth - 1843 - 586 pages
...the manner in which the bishop assumes a distinct authority from the inferior presbyters, is among those difficult questions of Christian history which,...overseers of the churches. These PRESBYTER BISHOPS and deacons are the only two orders which we discover at first in the church of Ephesus, at Philippi, and...
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The Christian Church: Its Rise and Progress

Herbert McClellan Riggle - 1912 - 506 pages
...indiscriminately applied to the same order in the ministry." — Waddington's Church History, part I, page 41. "The earliest Christian communities appear to have...who are likewise called bishops, or overseers of the church." — Millman's History of Christianity, page 194. Kurtz, in his Church History, says : " To...
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