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	Rings
		From this time forth it may be assumed that the ring was strictly speaking an episcopal ornament conferred in the rite of consecration, and that it was commonly regarded as emblematic of the betrothal of the bishop to his Church.
		Episcopal rings, both at an earlier and later period, were sometimes used as receptacles for relics.
		The ring belonging to the cardinalitial dignity is conferred by the pope himself in the consistory in which the new cardinal is named to a particular "title".
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/rings.html (1431 words)

	GraciousCall.org books
		The step of progress which we here find distinguishing the organization of this third period from the episcopal system of the second and the apostolic supervision of the first, is the rise of the patriarchal constitution and of the system of ecumenical councils closely connected with it.
		The lowest rank in the episcopal hierarchy was occupied by the country bishops,489 the presiding officers of those rural congregations, which were not supplied with presbyters from neighboring cities.
		Lust of honor and of power, and even open fraud,525 have contributed to its development; for human nature lies hidden under episcopal robes, with its steadfast inclination to abuse the power intrusted to it; and the greater the power, the stronger is the temptation, and the worse the abuse.
	www.graciouscall.org /books/history/3_ch05.htm (12127 words)

	Dignity/Northern Virginia: Who we are (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		That year I attended the Episcopal Church in DC a couple times and was singularly unimpressed with the welcome I received.
		Dignity has been a special place for us to nurture our special minority status within the larger church.
		In the final analysis, we believe Dignity and the Roman Church are the cutting edge of the new emerging church, which someday will have the courage to deal with its diversity and the wealth that diversity brings.
	www.dignityva.org /who/story4.html (687 words)

	Summa Theologica
		Now the distinction of the episcopal dignity and the appointment of one over another, were introduced by the Gentiles.
		Therefore the episcopal dignity is equal in all matters, and consequently one bishop should not be subject to another, as stated in the text (Sent.
		Reply to Objection 3: The priestly power is surpassed by the episcopal power, as by a power of a different kind; but the episcopal is surpassed by the papal power as by a power of the same kind.
	www.godrules.net /library/summa/XP040.htm (4259 words)

	Lateran 4 - 1215
		Those who venture to take part in elections of this kind, which we declare to be invalid by the law itself, shall be suspended from their offices and benefices for three years and during that time shall be deprived of the power to elect.
		With much foresight it was forbidden in the Lateran council for anyone to receive several ecclesiastical dignities and several parish churches, contrary to the regulations of the sacred canons, on pain of both the recipient losing what he had received and the conferrer being deprived of the power to confer.
		As the mouth of the ox should not be muzzled when it is treading out the grain, and he who serves at the altar should live from it, we therefore decree that, notwithstanding any custom of a bishop or a patron or anyone else, a sufficient portion is to be assigned to the priest.
	www.ewtn.com /library/COUNCILS/LATERAN4.HTM (14111 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV 869-70
		For the higher ecclesiastical dignities, clerics attached to the cathedral of Constantinople shall be chosen, and not strangers or outsiders.
		We decree that for the higher ecclesiastical dignities, clerics attached to the cathedral of Constantinople, who have spent some time in clerical orders and are known to be of good character and deserving of preferment, shall be chosen, and not strangers or outsiders (that is, laymen, such as Photius and others).
		Any bishop who after this decision thus dishonors his dignity, shall be suspended from office for one year, and the prince who despises or belittles the episcopal dignity, shall be deprived of holy communion.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/const4.html (2711 words)

	Charities - Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
		The Episcopal Charities Fund is committed to helping change the lives of Rhode Islanders who are in crisis and need.
		With Episcopal Charities funds the elderly and terminally ill receive comfort and a sense of dignity through their last days.
		Episcopal Charities raises funds for grant distributions by launching an annual campaign and soliciting individuals in the Episcopal parishes and the corporate community.
	www.episcopalri.org /ec_about.cfm (330 words)

	The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas - News and Information
		In addition, the General Convention elected to the office of Presiding Bishop one who gave consent to the consecration of the Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, and who has actually authorized the blessing of sexual relationships outside the bonds of marriage within her diocese.
		The consequence of the actions of this General Convention are to lead the Episcopal Church to walk apart from the rest of the Anglican Communion and to make necessary a disengagement of those dioceses and congregations which affirm its actions from those who cannot and will not.
		We have learned that respecting the dignity of those who differ from us does not mean agreement but can mean genuine truth-telling, genuine esteem, and genuine growth in prayer.
	www.episcopal-dallas.org /news.html (1867 words)

	Episcopal Intercession
		This right originated rather in the great respect in which the episcopal dignity was held in the early centuries of Christianity, than in any definite enactment.
		Reference to its existence is made in the seventh canon of the Council of Sardica about 344 (Mansi, "Collectio Amplissima Conciliorum", III.
		Closely allied with the right of episcopal intercession was the right of asylum or sanctuary (see RIGHT OF ASYLUM), and the right and duty of the bishops to protect orphans, widows, and other unfortunates.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/intercession,episcopal.html (458 words)

	The Clerical Hierarchy
		It was felt necessary to guard against the growing dangers of heresy and schism by emphasizing the dignity of the standing officers and leaders of the Church.
		While some concessions were made to the dignity of the Roman bishop, none of these, when taken in their connections, reveal a conviction that any constitutional supremacy was inherent in him.
		The episcopate is one, each part of which is held by each one for the whole." The statement, however, most clearly setting forth the equality of bishops, is found in his address to a council convened at Carthage to consider the question of the re-baptism of heretics.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /sheldon/clerical_hierarchy.html (4660 words)

	The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
		And if the prayers and intercessions of Christ are heard on account of the fact that he is the Son, those of Our Lady will not be less heard, and are even heard with more surety because of the fact that she is his Mother.
		If each of these two brothers has communicated to Mary his own dignity, namely the royal and episcopal dignity, because she was their elder sister, how would Christ not communicate these two dignities to Mary who was not the figure but the reality, since he was the Son and she his Mother.
		He calls her “pontiff” because of her episcopal dignity, and he calls her the “supreme” in the feminine gender, because of the difference of her sex.
	www.womenpriests.org /mrpriest/vieira.asp (725 words)

	About the United Episcopal Church of North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The United Episcopal Church of North America embraces the divine truth that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior and the Supreme Head of His Body, the Church.
		Its members hold fast to nineteen centuries of life in the Spirit proclaimed by the Apostles' teaching and fellowship.
		We are evangelical and catholic in scope and embrace the broad base of ceremonial practice inherent in the Historic Anglican Communion.
	united-episcopal.org /about.htm (147 words)

	Acts of Convention: Resolution # 2000-D015
		If the Episcopal Church is to fulfill its mission to the world to proclaim and to teach gospel values of personal dignity and justice in our common life, we must practice those same values in our everyday Church working relationships.
		By such principles we seek to promote both the dignity of individuals and the corporate responsibilities of church institutions.
		Using such principles, it is imperative that we develop church workplace procedures and policies that honor the rights of individuals while serving faithfully the over-arching common good entrusted to us as the church, that is, the mission of Jesus Christ to the World.
	www.episcopalarchives.org /cgi-bin/acts_new/acts_resolution-complete.pl?resolution=2000-D015 (2385 words)

	Untitled Document
		Calls on all citizens of the world, and Episcopalians in particular, to live their lives as good stewards with responsible concern for the sustainability of the environment and with appreciation for the global interdependence of human life and the natural world; and
		Urges all Episcopalians to reflect on their personal and corporate habits in the use of God's creation; to share with one another ideas for new responses; and to act as individuals, congregations, dioceses, and provinces of the Episcopal Church in ways that protect and heal all interdependent parts of creation.
		Resolved, That the Episcopal Church, acknowledging the sovereignty of God and God's call to us in the servanthood of Christ, continue to engage environmental issues, passionately caring for the earth and striving to live into the promises and mandates which are ours as stewards of creation.
	www.webofcreation.org /DenominationalStatements/episcopal.htm (220 words)

	Book 2
		It is to be drawn up by the Episcopal Conference, taking account of the norms issued by the supreme ecclesiastical authority, and it is to be approved by the Holy See; moreover, it is to be adapted to new circumstances, likewise with the approval of the Holy See.
		§2 By their episcopal consecration, Bishops receive, together with the office of sanctifying, the offices also of teaching and of ruling, which however, by their nature, can be exercised only in hierarchical communion with the head of the College and its members.
		447 The Episcopal Conference, a permanent institution, is the assembly of the Bishops of a country or of a certain territory, exercising together certain pastoral offices for Christ’s faithful of that territory.
	arcc-catholic-rights.net /book_31.htm (19108 words)

	OES - Episcopal Tradition
		We thrive on diversity, but we are an Episcopal school, and as such, we seek to expose students to the Anglican tradition, while emphasizing the value and dignity of diverse individual religious practices and spiritual needs.
		Each season is presented and looked at according to tradition in the Episcopal Church (colors, words, songs) as well as how the theme is universal to all humans who are growing and learning.
		As an Episcopal School, OES honors equally the Anglican tradition and the need for students to start their own spiritual journey.
	www.oes.edu /about/episcopal.htm (414 words)

	Hughes: Albert the Great, 4
		Although more fully alive than most people to the dignity and responsibility of the episcopal state whose privileges he fully upheld and exercised when it was fitting that he should do so, he remained all the while the simple humble friar, quite unaffected by all the pomp and distractions with which he was surrounded.
		Albert retained the episcopal dignity and also some of the revenues of the see -- an act which may at first sight appear strange in one vowed to poverty.
		It was the custom, however, for prelates who were religious to be dispensed from this vow; and in his will Albert speaks of such a dispensation in his case being a well-known fact.
	www.spiritualitytoday.org /spir2day/ag04.html (2037 words)

	NEMINEM VESTRUM
		After the Armenian Catholics were given a certain freedom in religious matters through the clemency of the Turkish emperor, religious affairs could thus thrive and flourish in a greater way along with the mutual harmony of souls.
		Mindful of your vocation and dignity, strive to maintain them and protect them in seriousness of character and holiness of life, so that you might lead the people to a greater love and veneration of your order and bring about each day an increased growth for the Church.
		When you are busy in the homes of the people, either from necessity or the compulsion of your sacred ministry, strive to sustain the dignity and greatness of churchmen in all your deeds, so that you might be the good fragrance of Christ, shining with every virtue.
	www.papalencyclicals.net /Pius09/p9nemini.htm (3828 words)

	Chicago Diocese -- A Response in Faith in A Time of War
		“No matter which is our position, we must continue to love one another and respect the dignity of every human being,” he said, citing one of the declarations in the baptismal covenant.
		The diocesan office of communications has created this section as a portal for various peace resources including news stories, events, liturgical materials and commentary related to the current war developments and the aftermath of Sept. 11.
		No matter which is our position, we must continue to love one another and respect the dignity of every human being.
	www.epischicago.org /News/InWarTime.cfm (678 words)

	Episcopal Diocese of Utah - News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is incorrect to refer to Episcopalians as "Episcopals" or to refer to the Episcopal Church as "the Episcopalian Church." Thank you.
		The Rev. Daniel J. Webster is leaving the Episcopal Diocese of Utah to become the director of media relations for the National Council of Churches of Christ USA.
		It denies the preciousness of human life and the dignity of every human being by reducing its victims to the status of despised objects, no matter how noble the cause for which it is employed.
	www.episcopal-ut.org /newsrel/news.htm (3896 words)

	Diocese of Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Moreover, the government and administration of the new diocese, the establishment of the episcopal fund, the election sede vacante (when the See is vacant) of the vicar capitular, and all other similar matters are to be regulated by the prescriptions of the Code of Canon Law.
		We elevate the Church of Atlanta to the rank and dignity of a Metropolitan see to which we give all rights and honors attached by common law to Churches of this kind.
		Upon this office have been imposed the burdens and obligations which are proper to a metropolitan see, and to it, of course, have been granted the rights, privileges and insignia which are fitting to the office.
	www.archatl.com /offices/archives/establis.html (1555 words)

	Our Catholic Faith - Canon Law: PART II : THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
		Their number, for both men and women, is to be determined by the Episcopal Conference or the Bishops of the province, and they are to be elected respectively by all the major Superiors of institutes and societies which have a center in the territory;
		The competence of an episcopal Vicar, however, is limited to a determined part of the diocese, or to a specific type of activity, or to the faithful of a particular rite, or to certain groups of people.
		An episcopal Vicar who is not an auxiliary Bishop, is to be appointed for a period of time, which is to be specified in the act of appointment.
	www.ourcatholicfaith.org /canonlaw/CANON330-572.html (14808 words)

	QUOD NUNQUAM
		The cathedral chapters were told that they could elect vicars according to the canons when the episcopal see is not yet vacant.
		Finally, passing over many other things, they entrusted the prefects of the provinces with the power to appoint even non Catholic men who, as substitutes for the bishops, preside over the administration of the temporal goods in the dioceses, even if those temporal goods were intended for holy people or the use of the Church.
		However, the contempt of episcopal dignity, the violation of the Church's freedom and its rights, the abuses which oppress not only those dioceses mentioned above, but other Prussian dioceses as well, demand that We speak out.
	www.papalencyclicals.net /Pius09/p9quodnu.htm (1268 words)

	Wedding rings in history
		Knowing the attraction that rings have exerted upon the laity, it is not surprising that the clergy also adopted the use of rings.
		The most famous ecclesiastical rings are the "Episcopal ring" that was conferred upon the newly elected bishop and the "fisherman’s ring" worn by the pope.
		The influence of paganism is evident in many of the Episcopal rings since they are set with ancient pagan gems engraved with pagan symbols.
	www.weddingringorigins.com /ringe.htm (155 words)

	Of God and His Creatures
		CHAPTER LXXVI—Of the Episcopal Dignity, and that therein one Bishop is Supreme
		The episcopate is established by positive indefeasible institution; and there are reasons why it should be: yet who shall pretend that presbyterian government, and ordination by an assembly of presbyters, is, absolutely speaking, an intrinsic absurdity?
		For Christ instituted His Church to last to the end of the world, according to the text: He shall sit upon the throne of David and in his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it in justice and judgement from henceforth, now, and for ever (Isai.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/aquinas/gentiles.vii.lv.html?bcb=0 (956 words)

	Apostolic Succession in the Roman Catholic Church
		A word of caution regarding episcopal lineages: until 1965 the lineages prepared for many bishops showed Pope Alexander VII as the ordaining bishop of Cardinal Paluzzo Altieri in 1666, and those lineages went back to the early 1400`s.
		Since the middle of the twentieth century, there have been many works on the episcopates of various nations and on the members of religious orders and congregations who have been raised to the episcopal dignity.
		These three works chronicle the episcopal ordinations of the bishops of and from Spain for a period of almost five centuries.
	mysite.verizon.net /res7gdmc/aposccs (1079 words)

	Calendar
		Sep 05 — Mass at Christ Episcopal, lower level; 9:00 a.m.
		Oct 3 — Mass at Christ Episcopal, lower level; 9:00 a.m.
		Oct 10 — Mass at Christ Episcopal, lower level; 9:00 a.m.
	www.dignitydayton.org /index_files/Page362.htm (163 words)

	Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
		Episcopal SeniorLife Communities was founded in 1868 on the Christian values of The Episcopal Church.
		We honor the spiritual path of individuals of all faiths, and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
		Our website provides you with the latest Episcopal SeniorLife Communities information about senior living options at all three of our campuses, rehabilitation services, volunteer opportunities, employment opportunities, The Church Home Foundation, and current Episcopal SeniorLife Communities events and news.
	www.episcopalseniorlife.org (192 words)

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