Home›Christianity›Polity›Episcopal PolityDoctrineEpiscopal PolityChurch, Sacraments and AuthorityScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedEpiscopal polity is the church-polity form in which a body is governed by bishops. Wikipedia defines an episcopal polity, also known as episcopalianism, as a hierarchical form of church governance in which the chief local authorities are called bishops, and describes it as the structure used by many of the major Christian churches and denominations. This atlas records it as a governance form so that every denomination governed by bishops can be grouped and compared under it. In this atlas the entity stands for the governance form itself, so denominations, religious orders and societies governed this way can be grouped and compared under it, while each member entry keeps its own governance facts and sources.Episcopal PolityConnectionsSourcesTake a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Episcopal PolityFilter Results16 entriesSizeAll1,712,563 to 4,850,776 (2)25,000 to 380,000 (1)25,000,000 to 1,750,000,000 (5)5,255,000 to 22,785,195 (2)Originated InAllEgypt (2)England (2)Germany (1)Ireland (1)Kerala (1)Rome (1)United States (2)Origin EraAll30 (3)42 (1)52 (1)1517 (1)1527 (1)1534 (2)1596 (1)1738 (1)1789 (1)1809 (1)1897 (1)1971 (1)Parent DenominationAllAnglican Communion (2)Historically Black Protestant Tradition (1)Mainline Protestantism (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Pentecostalism (1)Protestantism (3)Roman Catholicism (1)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (14)Founded ByAllCharles Harrison Mason (1)Henry VIII (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (3)Established (1)No Establishment (3)Privileged Never Established (2)Varies by Province (6)Marriage PositionAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (3)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (2)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (1)Practice StatusAllIn active religious use (1)Living tradition, practised today (15)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (2)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (4)Same-sex unions may be blessed, but ordination is not extended to partnered LGBT clergy (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (3)Church FamilyAllAnglican Churches (4)Catholic Churches (2)Eastern Orthodox Churches (1)Lutheran Churches (3)Methodist and Holiness Churches (1)Oriental Orthodox Churches (2)Pentecostal Churches (1)Liturgical LanguageAllByzantine Greek (1)Church Slavonic (2)Classical Arabic (1)Classical Armenian (1)Classical Syriac (2)Coptic (2)Ge'ez (1)Latin (1)Vernacular Language (12)Ordination PracticeAllCelibacy required of the ordained (2)Married clergy permitted (6)Open to women and men (7)Restricted to men (6)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AnglicanismEpiscopal PolityChurch of EnglandEpiscopal PolityChurch of God in ChristEpiscopal PolityChurch of IrelandEpiscopal PolityChurch of SwedenEpiscopal PolityCoptic OrthodoxyEpiscopal PolityEastern OrthodoxyEpiscopal PolityEvangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandEpiscopal PolityLutheranismEpiscopal PolityMethodismEpiscopal PolityOriental OrthodoxyEpiscopal PolityRoman CatholicismEpiscopal PolitySaint John Coltrane African Orthodox ChurchEpiscopal PolitySaint Thomas ChristiansEpiscopal PolityThe Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal PolityUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchEpiscopal PolityConnectionsPolity OfAnglicanism, Denominations Well-attested Church of England, Denominations Well-attested Church of God in Christ, Denominations Well-attested Church of Ireland, Denominations Well-attested Church of Sweden, Denominations Well-attested Coptic Orthodoxy, Denominations Well-attested Eastern Orthodoxy, Denominations Well-attested Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Denominations Well-attested Lutheranism, Denominations Well-attested Methodism, Denominations Well-attested Oriental Orthodoxy, Denominations Well-attested Roman Catholicism, Denominations Well-attested Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, Denominations Well-attested Saint Thomas Christians, Denominations Well-attested The Episcopal Church, Denominations Well-attested Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Denominations Well-attested SourcesEpiscopal polity (Wikipedia)Episcopal polity, article textQuote, Episcopal polity, article textAn episcopal polity, also known as episcopalianism, is a hierarchical form of church governance in which the chief local authorities are called bishops.View the SourceTake a Related QuizDoctrines: BeginnerCovers this kind of entry.Doctrines: ExpertCovers this kind of entry.Comments (0)No comments yet. 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