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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Audientia Episcopalis

Audientia Episcopalis (i.e. episcopal judgment), a name first used in the code of Justinian, and thence generally employed in the ecclesiastical law of the Middle Ages to designate the right of the bishops to act as arbiters in civil affairs. — Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v. SEE BISHOP; SEE JURISDICTION.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.