bishopric

It follows that an archbishop doesn't control any of this, either, unless it's organized under his regular bishopric.

The Church design is hierarchical, with one presiding Bishop with legal jurisdiction over all the activity in their bishopric; hence, fighting over authority.

A donations race like that is how the Roman bishopric originally became a political force in late antiquity/early middle ages, slowly displacing secular authorities.

Two degrees in economics is equivalent to a bishopric isn't it.

It's where they happened to have centered a local bishopric.

When I was in the bishopric there was an article in the Ensign magazine discouraging energy drinks, written by a Mormon doctor.

Yukihiro Matsumoto (inventor of Ruby) is a Mormon, and apparently has even served as a low-level official in the LDS Church (counsellor in the bishopric of his ward).

If you need a member of the church or the bishopric (clergy) to vouch for you, please feel free to get in contact with me at sam (at) mangane.se.

I'm currently in the bishopric of a ward in South Salt Lake, and I think it's rare for a week to go by without writing checks for rent, prescriptions, or utilities.

The writer Sidney Smith got his start as tutor to a nobleman's son, and facetiously or otherwise suggested that such work was a good step up to a bishopric (though Smith's clerical career not got past dean).

* then again, our local bishop has fallen on hard times: the bishopric used to wield both spiritual and temporal power, but these days is pretty much restricted to the former.

As the people in this place improve, the Law of Consecration will begin to be practiced, the people's hearts will be prepared, and the Church will facilitate it within its existing structure by expanding the relevant bishopric's responsibilities to the full breadth of their scriptural mandate.

Alexandria was also very influential in early church theology and one of the primary bishopric “sees”.

I don't know the history of all Belgian territories, but the Prince-Bishopric of Liège was part of Germany, also known at the time the "Holy Roman Empire".

>former Mormon *former Latter-day Saint >used to cut the welfare checks under congregational leadership You mean, send people to the storehouse as part of the Bishopric?

I also volunteer at church in the local clergy (Bishopric) and am very involved with the church youth, along with a plethora of administrative churchly duties.