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"More devils can be routed by a little laughter than by a carload of humorless piety," writes Methodist Pastor Charles Merrill Smith in How to Be come a Bishop Without Being Religious (Doubleday; ... Become a Fan of TIME...
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Only one Bishop has gone straight from a parish to being a Diocesean, although a handful of others went straight from the parish to being a suffragan or area Bishop. (Interestingly, when an incumbent becomes a Diocesan the Crown assumes patronage for the next appointment to the parish.);
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Obligations of the bishop ... "Les élections épiscopales dans l'ancienne France", Paris, 1890). This interference of princes and emperors lasted until the quarrel about Investitures, which was especially violent in Germany, where from the ninth to the eleventh centuries abbots and bishops had become real temporal princes.
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Philippine Headline News Online's coverage of the hometown and community news in the Philippines. ... Manila, June 13, 2003 (Star) There is "no race for election, nor jockeying for position" to become a bishop, but instead, three steps are followed in appointing one, Fr. James B. Reuter, S.J. told The STAR yesterday.
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This apostolic succession will continue until the end of the world and in this light the words of Christ become clear: “Lo, I am with you, even unto the end of the world. Amen”. Apostolic Succession carries the living Church from generation ... In our day, every priest is but an extension of his bishop.
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Those who answer the call to become ministers, should be mature, Spirit-filled Christians who possess an intense love for Christ and their fellow man. ... There are two scripture passages which specify the qualifications of the bishop, pastor, or elder. Both were authored by Paul, first to Timothy and then to Titus.
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A person cannot become a bishop overnight! That's stating the obvious! It takes time to grow one's spiritual stature. The fact that Paul used the word "elder" to describe the "bishop" would immediately tell us that he was looking at a person who is of obvious maturity.
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The Lighthouse Christian Ministry is committed to produce a breed of believers that does not just go to the church, but also reaching out, reaching the lost people for Christ because we believe that this is what should we become. ... Yes, the Bishop will be fired so don't worry about that. It would be smart of him to be...
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America is the national Catholic Weekly magazine published by the Jesuits. ... Also, it is highly doubtful that the ability to communicate empathically with the laity has ever been high on the list of qualifications to become a bishop. But from now on it must be. Lay people and the media need to see bishops who:
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