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See also:ARCHPRIEST (See also:Lat. archipresbyter, Gr. apxtirpec/3urepos) , in the See also:Christian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, originally the See also:title of the See also:chief of the priests in a See also:diocese. The See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office appears as See also:early as the 4th See also:century as that of the See also:priest who presided over the presbyters of the diocese and assisted the See also:bishop in matters of public See also:worship, much as the See also:archdeacon helped him in administrative affairs. Where, as in See also:Germany, the dioceses were of vast extent, these were divided into several archpresbyterates. Out of these See also:developed the rural deaneries, the office of archpriest being ultimately merged in that of rural See also:dean, with which it became synonymous. It thus became strictly subordinate to the See also:jurisdiction of the archdeacon. In See also:Rome itself, as the office of archdeacon See also:grew into that of See also:cardinal-camerlengo, so that of archpriest of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's developed into that of the cardinal-See also:vicar. In See also:England from 1598 until the See also:appointment of a vicar-apostolic in 1623 the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:clergy were placed by the See also:pope under an " archpriest " as See also:superior of the See also:English See also:mission. In the Lutheran Church in Germany the title archpriest (Erzpriester) was in some cases See also:long retained as the See also:equivalent of that of See also:superintendent, sometimes also still called dean (Dechant), his functions being much the same as those of the rural dean.
End of Article: ARCHPRIEST (Lat. archipresbyter, Gr. apxtirpec/3urepos)
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