On Thu, 9 Jan 1997 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 00:37:17 +0000 (GMT)
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FEAST 8 January
>
> Today, 8 January, is the feast of ...
>
> * Erhard (686?)
> - was *chorepiscopus* (what is that?) of Ratisbon; his
> episcopal staff of black buffalo-horn (?) is still preserved
> (ah, but what about his comb?)
There is an article on Chorbishop in the New Catholic Encyclopedia,
according to which: They have long history inthe Eastern churches as
bishops who cared for the people in the countryside. Their relationship
with the urban bishops could be contentious. The office has disappeared
in the Orthodox Churches, but not in certain of the other eastern
churches.
The use of chorbishops as auxiliaries who did pastoral care while the
bishop was absent was controversial in the West in Carolinlingian times,
but the institution declined in the 10th & 11th centuries - vanishing in
the 12th.
tom izbicki
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|