[adiaireton8]

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

[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.

Undoubtedly. Bishops in the Catholic church are prohibited from marrying. "Episkopos" in the bible are not:

1Ti 3:2 A bishop ("episkopos") then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Not the same job description at all.