Stewart-Sykes, Alistair, <br/><br/>
The original bishops :  office and order in the first Christian communities / 
Alistair C. Stewart. 
 - xx, 394 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>On "episkopoi" and "presbyteroi" -- The economic functions of "episkopoi" and "diakonoi" -- Presbyters in early Christian communities -- Presbyters and "episkopoi" in emerging Christian communities -- The causes of monepiscopacy 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801049217 (cloth) 0801049210 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013039140 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Bishops--History.<br/>Church officers--History.<br/>Church polity--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 166  / .S77 2014