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Qualifications of Bishops

The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop,[a] he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

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Footnotes

  1. 3.1 bishop: At this time an office probably not distinct from that of priest.

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