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To: tioga; metmom; Alex Murphy; daniel1212

***No, a Bishop has sovereignty over his diocese.***

So each diocese is like it’s own denomination.


14 posted on 03/12/2014 6:21:35 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

The Bishop of Rome is Pope and leads in doctrine, but each individual bishop rules his little domain. Limited ability of pope to oversee that. Not none, but not all powerful either.


17 posted on 03/12/2014 10:37:34 PM PDT by tioga
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