episcopal
Of church hierarchy
Episcopal relates to bishops or governance by bishops.
An episcopal church is one where bishops hold authority over clergy and congregations, as opposed to congregational or presbyterian systems.
The word describes anything pertaining to the office or functions of a bishop: episcopal authority, episcopal vestments. (Capitalized Episcopal refers specifically to the Episcopal Church, the American branch of Anglicanism.)
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- seePerceive with eyes
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
- crozierHooked episcopal symbol
suffragan · prelate · primate · metropolitan · consecration · laying on of hands · ordination · vestments
Organized governmental system
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- synodChurch governing assembly
convention · standing committee · canons · discipline · authority · oversight · visitation · charge
Formal worship structure
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
sacrament · altar · sanctuary · chancel · nave · processional · pontifical · chrism
Church of England member
- EpiscopalianAmerican Anglican church member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Book of Common PrayerAnglican official worship text
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
broad church · high church · communion · province · national church
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
crozier · suffragan · prelate · primate · metropolitan · consecration · laying on of hands · ordination · vestments · cope
polity
Organized governmental system
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
synod · convention · standing committee · canons · discipline · authority · oversight · visitation · charge · provincial
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
blessing · sacrament · altar · sanctuary · chancel · nave · processional · pontifical · chrism · laying on of hands
Anglican
Church of England member
- EpiscopalianAmerican Anglican church member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Book of Common PrayerAnglican official worship text
Canterbury · broad church · high church · communion · province · national church
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- church authoritypapacy, bishops, papal authority, popes, papal supremacy
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, Church of England, parish, diocese, Anglican
- Bishopscathedra, crozier, mitre, prelate, see
- church lawcanon law, church court, papal bull, papal bulls, papal decree
- Episcopacymetropolitan, prelate, primate, suffragan, coadjutor
episcopalcongregational
Of member-governed worship communities
congregationalist · autonomous · independent · Baptist · Quaker
episcopalcongregational
Of member-governed worship communities
democratic · egalitarian · decentralized · bottom-up · non-hierarchical