Bishop of Rome
The Catholic Church from
Apostolic
times has literally
followed the Bible
in the establishment of
good order in
the Church.
According
to Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus there are 3
orders to the organization and leadership of the Church
(sometimes known as ecclesiastical order or hierarchy):
orders to the organization and leadership of the Church
(sometimes known as ecclesiastical order or hierarchy):
episcopos or
bishops, presbyteros or elders, commonly
translated priests, and diaconos
or deacons.
