The Law of the Suspension of the Clergy in the Primitive Church

adextos advert ancient churches Apostolical Canons Apostolical Constitutions argument Bing Bingham Bishop Hopkins Bishop of Alexandria Bishop to shorten Canon Law censure Christian Church church discipline Church of England cited Clergy clergyman clerical communion clerical office Cotelerius Council of Nice definite deposed diocese Dionysius Exiguus distinction doctrine ecclesiastical Episcopal Recorder Epistle Eucharist exercise full communion greater excommunication Greek Hammond's translation House of Bishops indefinite suspension inflicted Jewish Church Johnson Laity language Latin law of suspension layman lengthened lesser excommunication meaning Melitius ministry moral limitation offence office and functions office of bishop ordained penance penitence pension perpetual suspension persons presbyters Primitive Church principle punishment referred reformation remission restoration to communion restoration to office right of restoration sentence of indefinite sentence of suspension sine die sion Suicer suspended bishop suspended from communion suspension from office Synod tence terms of suspension Theodoret Thomastown tion αφορισμός