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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Diocesan Episcopacy

Diocesan Episcopacy that system of Episcopacy in which the bishop has jurisdiction only over a certain number of parishes, or over a certain district of country, called a diocese. See BISHOP; see EPISCOPACY; see DIOCESE.

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.