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To: adiaireton8
It was to make the point that we don't need men to mediate between God and men.
Then why did the Apostles appoint bishops in every city?

The modern office of "bishop", as defined by the Catholic church, is undoubtedly not an equivelent role to "episkopos" as used in the bible.

721 posted on 10/22/2006 8:40:45 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
The modern office of "bishop", as defined by the Catholic church, is undoubtedly not an equivelent role to "episkopos" as used in the bible.

Undoubtedly? Have you read the fathers? Have you read the epistles of Ignatius, whose life long overlapped that of the Apostles? The role we see for the bishops in Ignatius is the same role we see for the bishops in the Catholic Church today. If only more Catholics today gave bishops the respect and submission appropriate to the office as Ignatius describes it in 107 AD.

-A8

732 posted on 10/22/2006 8:46:49 PM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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