Clergy, theologians and religious officials held a formal office, bishop, abbot, priest, priestess or theologian, within an organized religious body and are known chiefly for that office and its teaching rather than for founding a new movement or writing outside scholarship about religion. The heading spans the Christian episcopate and monastic orders across two millennia and reaches back further still to the temple officials of pre-Christian Rome and the high priesthood of Zoroastrian Iran, since holding a religious office is the common thread rather than any one tradition.
Facts
Browse By
Connections
Associated With
This source names Iran directly: "and the high priesthood of Zoroastrian Iran, since holding a religious office is the common thread rather than any one tradition."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Rome, Cities This source names Rome directly: "the temple officials of pre-Christian Rome and the high priesthood of Zoroastrian Iran, since holding a religious office is the common thread rather than any one tradition."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.