It's been argued that Jesus Himself, cited by St. John in the book of Revelation (written around 95 AD), taught monepiscopacy (the notion of one bishop I examine what can be historically determined about the seven churches of Revelation 1-3 (around 95 AD), whose "angels" have been interpreted to be bishops.
The Ambivalence and Inconsistencies of Protestant Thought on the Earliest "Monarchical" Bishops Protestants, especially Presbyterians and Baptists, who The "anti-Petrine" bias of Protestants leads them to posit that James was bishop of Jerusalem in the 1st century: when single bishops supposedly didn't exist.
Judas Thirty Coins of Silver : Archaeology & History patheos.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from patheos.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Church, Seven Sacraments, Papacy, Saints, Priesthood, & Mariology in the Gospels The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) The late Steve Hays was a Calvinist and anti-Catholic writer and apologist. This is one of my many critiques of Hays’ “Catholicism”: a 695-page self-published volume.
This is Chapter Fifteen of my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible (Catholic Answers Press, March 15, Chapter Fifteen of my book, "The Word Set in Stone" (March 15, 2023) surveys the archaeological and historical evidences that prove the Gospel of John's accuracy.