the church would get 10 percent of the money people payedwhich made them very rich!
the bishop was advising the king in religious matters he also got land of the king and he had peasants working on it and the peasants had to pay taxes and give food
Bishops and abbots were ranked differently. Bishops were ranked higher and one could tell them apart because the abbots mitre was made from less expensive materials.
The Magisterium
There is a college of cardinals but not a college of bishops.
an agreement made in 1122 that gave the Church the ability to appoint bishops .
possessive plural word for the bishops: bishops'
The main types are: assistant bishops, titular bishops, diocesan (or ruling) bishops, archbishops, metropolitans, popes and patriarchs. They are all bishops, but they have different levels of seniority.
Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops was created in 1965.
all the bishops
Apostolic succession - the apostles consecrated new bishops. The new bishops then consecrated other bishops on down the line for nearly 2000 years. Today's bishops are a part of that chain.
The enormous trade made by the Byzantine Empire very rich.
The church does need bishops.