non-episcopal

On the other hand there are the great non-episcopal Commun­ions, standing for rich elements of truth, liberty and life which might otherwise have been obscured or neglected.

The Reunion of Christendom Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

On the other hand there are the great non-episcopal Commun­ions, standing for rich elements of truth, liberty and life which might otherwise have been obscured or neglected.

Archive 2006-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

I should hope that in preparation for it along the lines of recent Canadian proposals each communion, episcopal and non-episcopal, should contribute the whole of its separate ministry to so many of the ministers of the other as were willing to receive it.

Lambeth and Church Unity 1958

These conversations and explorations were along the lines suggested in a sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Cambridge in 1946 when, discussing a step forward in church relations, he said, The non-episcopal churches have accepted the principle that episcopacy must exist along with other elements in their united church.

Lambeth and Church Unity 1958

If non-episcopal churches agree that it must come into the picture could they not take it and try it out on their own ground first.

Lambeth and Church Unity 1958

Bishops of episcopal bodies and presidents of non-episcopal bodies presided alternately.

The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925

This contagion has become so widespread and extended that, so far as episcopal and non-episcopal Methodist bodies are concerned, it is epidemic; not only epidemic but endemic and pandemic.

The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925

The majority of the colonists were so overwhelmingly non-episcopal that the legislatures never seem to have insisted upon conformity, though they compelled church support.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Such non-episcopal village churches are plainly recent churches, which are managed, not by a college of presbyters, but by one or two presbyters.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

The Rev. William E. Johnston, was elected president, emphasizing thug the non-episcopal character of the denomination.

Religious Bodies: 1906 United States. Bureau of the Census. 1906