Bishops in the Early Church

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Primary Sources

	Ambrose, On the Duties of the Clergy.
	John Chrysostom, On Priesthood.
	Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 2.

Secondary Sources

	Raymond E. Brown, Priest and Bishop: Biblical Reflections. Paramus: Paulist, 1970. Reprinted: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 1579102778. pp.88.
	Henry Chadwick, The Role of the Christian Bishop in Ancient Society. Colloquy 35. Berkeley: Center for Hermeneutical Studies in Hellenistic and Modern Culture, 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 0892420340. pp.47.
	Agnes Cunningham, The Bishop in the Church: Patristic Texts on the Role of the Episkopos. Wilmington: Glazier, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0894534696. pp.63.
	Graham Dix, "Ministry in the Early Church," K.E. Kirk, ed. The Apostolic Ministry. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946.
	Everett Ferguson, "Church Order in the Sub-Apostolic Period: A Survey of Interpretations," Restoration Quarterly, Vol. 11 (1968): 225-248.
	Everett Ferguson, "Origen and the Election of Bishops," Church History 43.1 (1974): 26-33.
	John Fuellenbach, Ecclesiastical Office and the Primacy of Rome: An Evaluation of Recent Theological Discussion of First Clement. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 0813205514. pp.278.
	Charles Gore, The Church and the Ministry, rev. London: SPCK, 1936.
	E. Hatch, The Organisation of the Early Christian Churches. London: Rivingtons, 1888.
	E.G. Jay, "From Presbyter-Bishops to Bishops and Presbyters," Second Century, Vol. 1 (1981): 125-162.
	Kenneth E. Kirk, ed. The Apostolic Ministry: Essays on the History and Doctrine of Epicopacy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. pp. xiv + 573.
	Paul Rorem, "Mission and ministry in the early church: bishop, presbyters and deacons, but...," Currents in Theology and Mission 17.1 (Feb 1990): 15-22.
	Judy Schindler, "The Rise of One-Bishop-Rule in the Early Church: A Study of the Writings of Ignatius and Cyprian," Baptist Reformation Review 10.2 (1981): 3-9.
	W. Telfer, The Office of a Bishop. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1962.
	Christine Trevett, "Prophecy and Anti-Episcopal Activity: A Third Error Combatted by Ignatius?" Journal of Ecclesiastical History 34 (1983): 1-18.

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