UNDERSTANDING THE OFFICES OF ARCHBISHOP AND BISHOP IN SHORT! (219 hits)

BISHOP:
Episkopos " an overseer" "to look or watch." Scriptures: Acts 20:28; Phil.: 1:1; I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; I Peter 2:25. A mature and spiritually experienced person. This is a divine will and appointment to oversee and indicates the character of the work done in this office.

Christ Himself is spoken of as the Bishop of our souls" I Peter 2:25

ARCHBISHOP:
The word comes from the Greek αρχι, which means "first" or "chief", and επισκοπος, which means "overseer" or "supervisor".

In Christianity, an Archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In many Christian Churches, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese. An archbishop is equivalent to a bishop in sacred matters but simply has a higher precedence or degree of prestige. Thus, when someone who is already a bishop becomes an archbishop, that person does not receive Holy Orders again or any other sacrament; however, in the rarer cases when a person who is not a bishop at all becomes an archbishop, they will need to be ordained, or consecrated, as a bishop before being created an archbishop and installed.

Archbishop Danette M. Scott, Ph.D.
A Ray of Hope Ministries Christian Center
Sr. Pastor
www.AROHMCC.org Posted By: Apostle Danette M. Vercher, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 7:41PM
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