TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stewart, Alistair C. (Alistair Charles), 1960-
TI  - The original bishops: office and order in the first Christian communities 
SN  - 9780801049217 (cloth)  
AV  - BR166   .S77 2014  
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Bishops
KW  - History
KW  - Church officers
KW  - Church polity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; On "episkopoi" and "presbyteroi" -- The economic functions of "episkopoi" and "diakonoi" -- Presbyters in early Christian communities -- Presbyters and "episkopoi" in emerging Christian communities -- The causes of monepiscopacy
ER  -