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| Facts about Position/Title |
| Date Founded |
742 CE |
Place Founded |
St. Denis, Paris |
| Founder(s) |
Pepin the Short, Carloman, Winfred |
| Etymology |
Saxon/Gaul bisceop meaning priest. Definitely not from episcopos. |
| Original Function |
The bisceops were the first priestly positions of the Catholic Church created at the Concilium Germanicum (742) the first synod of the fledgling church. Unlike the Imperial Christian Church, each bisceop was granted a sedes (seat) and charter, similar to noble families. |
| Superior Position(s) |
Vicarius Christi- the Vicar of Christ and Primate Patriarch of the Catholic Church. |
| Inferior
Position(s) |
None until 772 when Pope Adrian (1st Catholic Pope) introduced the position of Preost as serving Bisceops. |
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A bishop (from Saxon/Gaul bisceop meaning priest) was first created as the official clerical position of the fledgling Catholic Church at its first synod in 742 (Concilium Germanicum). |
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Both the word and title is usually incorrectly claimed as having been derived from the Imperial Christian title (e)piskopos or "overseer" of lesser clergy. When the office of bishop (bisceop) was first founded in 742 they were literally the first priests of the new church -- there were no "lesser clergy". Secondly, the title was selected to deliberately distinguish a new form of christianity in opposition to Constantinople--therefore the word could not possibly have come from (e)piskopos in any case. |
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Under the founding doctrine of the Catholic Church, it is the bishop and not the priest that had full "priestly" rights -- sometimes creating confusion as to exactly what real powers the position of ordinary priest retains. |
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In 772, the position of preost (priest) was introduced by the 1st Pope (Adrian) as a way of integrating village leaders into the Catholic Church. Preost means literally "counsellor or village elder" -- a special title granted by bishops to members within their Diocese. |
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Under the original dogma of the Catholic Church, Bishops held the highest priestly powers under the Vicar of Christ, the 1st priest. However upon the takeover of the religion by the Roman Catholic Cult for the 2nd time under |
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Preost (Priests |
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The word Bishop is an English word derived from the Greek title (e)piskopos, which was changed in usage to biskop(os) and then Bishop. |
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The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century word "preost" which originally described a counsellor or village elder, and later in a transferred
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