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	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Bishops of the Church of England still sit in the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, as representatives of the state church.
		Bishops are especially prominent among the leadership of the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Anglican church.
		Bishops are generally responsible for leading a large or heavily-populated area (a diocese, sometimes also called a bishopric) and all the churches contained therein.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Bishop (1222 words)

	Rabbi-Ma - LoveToKnow 1911
		RABBI - MA, a distinguished bishop of the Syrian church early in the 5th century.
		During a journey to his country estates he was converted to Christianity partly through coming in contact with a case of miraculous healing and partly through the teaching and influence of Eusebius, bishop of Kenneshrin, and Acacius, bishop of Aleppo.
		On the death of Diogenes, bishop of Edessa, in the year 411-412, Rabbula was chosen his successor, and at once accepted the position offered him, without any of the customary show of reluctance.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rabbi-Ma (443 words)

	bishop - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about bishop
		Originally, bishops were chosen by the congregation, but in the Roman Catholic Church they are appointed by the pope, although in some countries, such as Spain, the political authority nominates appointees.
		Bishops are responsible for meeting to settle matters of belief or discipline; they ordain priests and administer confirmation (as well as baptism in the Orthodox Church).
		In the Methodist and Lutheran churches the bishop's role is mostly that of a supervisory official.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Bishop (268 words)

	Bangla Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		is the Bishop of Rome, and, as Successor of Saint Peter, is the head of the Catholic Church.
		Early bishops occupying the See of Rome were designated Vicar of Peter; for later Popes the more authoritative Vicar of Christ was substituted; this designation was first used by the Roman Synod of 495 to refer to Pope Gelasius I, an advocate of papal supremacy among the patriarchs.
		The primacy is therefore regarded primarily as a consequence of the Pope's position as bishop of the original capital city of the Roman Empire, a definition explicitly spelled out in the 28th canon of the Council of Chalcedon.
	www.banglaforum.com /encyclopedia.html?title=Pope (5662 words)

	Bishop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishop's ministry in Western Christianity.
		Auxiliaries are titular bishops, and are often appointed as the vicar general or at least as episcopal vicarof the diocese in which they serve.
		A coadjutor bishop is an auxiliary bishop who is given almost equal authority in a diocese with the diocesan bishop, and the automatic right to succeed the incumbent diocesan bishop.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop (5282 words)

	Saint Fabian - LoveToKnow 1911
		29) relates how the Christians, having assembled in Rome to elect a new bishop, saw a dove alight upon the head of Fabian, a stranger to the city, who was thus marked out for this dignity, and was at once proclaimed bishop, although there were several famous men among the candidates for the vacant position.
		Fabian was martyred during the persecution under the emperor Decius, his death taking place on the 10th of January 250, and was buried in the catacomb of Calixtus, where a memorial has been found.
		He is said to have baptized the emperor Philip and his son, to have done some building in the catacombs, to have improved the organization of the church in Rome, to have appointed officials to register the deeds of the martyrs, and to have founded several churches in France.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Saint_Fabian (198 words)

	Wells - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Two hundred years later, this became the seat of the local Bishop; but by 1091, this had been removed to Bath.
		Causing severe arguments between the canons of Wells and the monks of Bath until finally the joint title of 'Bishop of Bath and Wells' to be elected by both houses was decided upon.
		Bishops Palace - the medieval Palace has been the home of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bath and Wells for 800 years.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Wells (1183 words)

	Easter - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		According to a number of ecclesiastical historians, primarily Eusebius, bishop Polycarp of Smyrna, by tradition a disciple of John the Evangelist, disputed the computation of the date with bishop Anicetus of Rome in what is now known as the Quartodecimanism controversy.
		However, a generation later bishop Victor of Rome excommunicated bishop Polycrates of Ephesus and the rest of the Asian bishops for their adherence to 14 Nisan.
		The excommunication was rescinded and the two sides reconciled upon the intervention of bishop Irenaeus of Lyons, who reminded Victor of the tolerant precedent that had been established earlier.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/e/a/s/Easter_Sunday_e163.html (3688 words)

	Abbot Resource Center - abbot
		When a vacancy occurred, the bishop of the diocese chose the abbot out of the monks of the convent, but the right of election was transferred by jurisdiction to the monks themselves, reserving to the bishop the confirmation of the election and the benediction of the new abbot.
		In abbeys exempt from the (arch)bishop's diocesan jurisdiction, the confirmation and benediction had to be conferred by the pope in person, the house being taxed with the expenses of the new abbot's journey to Rome.
		In conventual cathedrals, where the bishop occupied the place tank abbot ufc of the abbot, the functions usually devolving on the superior of the monastery were performed by a prior.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Professions_A_-_Be-/Abbot.html (3038 words)

	Pope Resource Center - pope benedict xvi
		The pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church.
		Early bishops of Rome were designated vicar (representative) of Peter; for later popes pope john paul ii vigil the more authoritative vicar of Christ was substituted; this designation was first used by the Roman Synod of AD 495 to refer to Pope Gelasius I, an christopher pope originator of papal supremacy among the patriarchs.
		The primacy is therefore regarded as a consequence of the pope's position as bishop of the original capital city of the Roman Empire, a definition explicitly spelled out in the 28th canon of the Council of Chalcedon.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Professions_N_-_P-/Pope.html (3916 words)

	Ambrose Summary
		On the death of the bishop of Milan in 374, the people of the city demanded that Ambrose be made bishop, and he reluctantly yielded.
		As bishop, he immediately adopted an ascetic lifestyle, apportioned his money to the poor, settled his land on the church, making only provision for his sister Marcellina, and committed the care of his family to his brother.
		A bishop was accused of instigating the burning of a synagogue by an anti-Semitic mob, and Emperor Theodosius was preparing to order the bishop to rebuild it.
	www.bookrags.com /Ambrose (4579 words)

	Grenada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Independence was granted in 1974 and in 1979 after an unstable political period power seized by the charismatic and popular left-wing Maurice Bishop.
		Bishop's socialism and cooperation with Communist Cuba didn't sit well with the more nations in the area including Barbados Dominica and the United States.
		A dispute with a hard-line Communist of the ruling New Jewel party loyal Bernard Coard led to Bishop's execution on October 19 1983 in a coup d'etat.
	www.freeglossary.com /Grenada (971 words)

	Grenada - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Bishop's failure to allow elections, coupled with his socialism and cooperation with Communist Cuba did not sit well with the country's neighbours including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Dominica and the United States.
		A power struggle between Bishop and a Stalinist sect within the ruling New Jewel Movement loyal to the Moscow agent Bernard Coard led to Bishop's house arrest and later execution on October 19, 1983 under disputed circumstances.
		Six days later, the island was invaded by forces from the United States and six other Caribbean nations in part of a military campaign called Operation Urgent Fury.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/r/e/Grenada.html (1092 words)

	Eusebius
		Eusebius of Caesarea - "The" Eusebius: the famous historian of the Christian Church who lived in the 4th century.
		Eusebius of Nicomedia - 4th century bishop of Nicomedia.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/eu/Eusebius.html (103 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Auxiliaries are almost always titular bishops, and are often appointed as the vicar general of the diocese in which they serve.
		A primate is the bishop of the oldest church of a nation.
		The Pope of Rome, in addition to being the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church, is the Patriarch of the Latin Catholic Church.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Bishop (3850 words)

	Bishop Yellow Pages - Quickseek.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bishop is also dubbed the "Mule Capitol of the World" and a week long-festival called Mule Days has been held since 1969 on the week of Memorial Day, celebrating the contributions of Pack-Mules to the area.
		Bishop was the home of Galen Rowell, and his wife Barbara, before their untimely death at the Bishop Airport.
		Bishop lies at the northern end of the Owens Valley.
	bishop.quickseek.com (260 words)

	Catholicism - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		The Bishop of Rome was at that time recognized as first among them, and doctrinal or procedural disputes were sometimes referred to Rome.
		Possession of the "threefold ordained ministry" of Bishops, Priests and Deacons.
		All ministers are ordained by, and subject to, Bishops, who pass down sacramental authority by the "laying-on of hands", having themselves been ordained in a direct line of succession from the Apostles (see Apostolic Succession).
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=5614 (2132 words)

	Chess Guide > Fisher Random Chess
		The white bishops are placed on opposite-colored squares.
		Roll the die, and place a white bishop on the fl square indicated by the die, counting from the left.
		Mathematical analysis shows that positions with the bishops on a pair a1-b1, c1-d1, e1-f1, or g1-h1 actually have half the probability to be generated than the other positions.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /variants/fisher_random_chess.html (3596 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bishop
		Saint Hubertus or Hubert (born circa 656 to 658, probably in Toulouse; died May 30, 727 or 728 in Tervuren near Brussels, Belgium), called the Apostle of the Ardennes was the first Bishop of Li ge.
		In Christianity, an Ecumenical Council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice.
		The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in some Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed and which portions of Scripture are to be read.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bishop (2396 words)

	Bishop - tutto su Bishop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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		Full interview with Monsignor Rabban Al Qas, Chaldaean bishop of Amadiyah (northern Iraq), who is in Italy raising funds for the reconstruction...
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	Bishop (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diocesan College, also known as Bishops, is a school in Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa.
		Bishop, to make a horse appear to be younger by operating on the horse's teeth
		Bishop (artillery), British self-propelled artillery vehicle during World War II Bishop (chess), a piece in the game of chess
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_(disambiguation) (266 words)

	Chess - ExampleProblems.com
		It is played on a square board of 8 rows (called ranks) and 8 columns (called files), giving 64 squares of alternating colour, light and dark, with each player having a light square at their bottom right when facing the board.
		The queen is a combination of the rook and bishop (it can move diagonally, horizontally and vertically).
		Early on, the pieces in European chess had limited movement; bishops could only move by jumping exactly two spaces diagonally (similar to the elephant in xiangqi), the queen could move only one space diagonally, pawns could not move two spaces on their first move, and there was no castling.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Chess (2966 words)

	Magna Carta
		JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting.
		To obtain the general consent of the realm for the assessment of an `aid' - except in the three cases specified above - or a `scutage', we will cause the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons to be summoned individually by letter.
		To those who hold lands directly of us we will cause a general summons to be issued, through the sheriffs and other officials, to come together on a fixed day (of which at least forty days notice shall be given) and at a fixed place.
	historybuff9.tripod.com /magna_carta (3537 words)

	Wikinfo \| Monterrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A small, dead volcano, the Cerro del Topo, and its smaller Topo Chico are located in the suburb of San Nicolás de los Garza.
		West of the city rises the Cerro de las Mitras, so called because the profile of a bishop with his mitre (mitra) can be seen along its upper edge.
		North of the river, the summit of the Cerro del Obispado is the site of the historic Bishop's Palace (Obispado), where one of the most important battles in the Mexican-American War was fought.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Monterrey (1595 words)

	Roman Catholic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After four years of consultations with the world's Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only appropriate "in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society.
		The pope, cardinals, patriarchs, primates, archbishops and metropolitans are all bishops and members of the Catholic episcopate or college of bishops.
		In Ireland, a number of high-profile cases of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and brothers, such as that of Andrew Madden, have contributed to a significant decline in influence of the Church in recent years.
	www.zdnet.co.za /ro/Roman_Catholic.html (9274 words)

	Grenada - Gurupedia
		Bishop's socialism and cooperation with Communist Cuba didn't sit well with the more conservative nations in the area, including Barbados, Dominica and the United States.
		A dispute with a hard-line Communist wing of the ruling New Jewel party loyal to Bernard Coard led to Bishop's execution on October 19,
		Six days later, the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations in part of a military campaign called
	www.gurupedia.com /g/gr/grenada.htm (628 words)

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