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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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Library

Episcopalians.
... appointed, and the manner in which ministers are invested ... Vicars, Curates, Archdeacons,
and such like names, being not ... these are in truth but titles of office ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/episcopalians.htm

Articles of Religion.
... Homilies."The second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we ... Of the Names
of the ... Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers."The Book of Consecration ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/articles of religion.htm

The Catholic System.
... had burst forth, and were striving under various names to tear ... [568:2] These titles
cannot now ... that he already stood at the head of the ministers of Christendom ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter viii the catholic system.htm

Articuli xxxix. Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ. AD 1562.
... time of Edwarde the sixt: and The Second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof
we ... Of the names of the Homilies ... Of consecration of Bishops and ministers. ...
/.../articuli xxxix ecclesiae anglicanae a d.htm

English Version of the Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... that 'in the books of the Kings, the names and books ... they be set out with goodly
titles, as though ... something created, and that serves and ministers unto another ...
/.../english version of the second.htm

Motives to the Oversight of the Flock
... but the appendage of the work Is it names and honor ... and his Church, and never think
of titles and reputation ... The ministers of England, I am sure, may know this ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/section 3 motives to.htm

Concerning Persecution
... shall they be thought worthy, who clip the names of God's ... 3:1, 2). People should
pray for their ministers that God ... It is one of the titles given to the church ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

The Last Interview of Paul with the Elders of Ephesus.
... Peaceable as was the demeanour of his ministers, and benevolent as ... in the Christian
Church, and that the names of office are not empty titles of honour. ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxiv the last interview.htm

The Pastoral Epistles
... Epistles do not correspond with the titles used in ... the title "episkopos" only to
the highest ministers of the ... would have put twenty-three proper names into the ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xvii the pastoral epistles.htm

Eusebius: Constantine. General Index.
... and receives instruction, [3378]491; makes ministers his advisers ... York, [3575]412,
[3576]414; names C. successor ... generosity of, [3809]531; has titles of Augusta ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/eusebius constantine general index.htm