RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Which group is found at the top of the early Christian church hierarchy?
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archbishops
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bishops
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patriarchs
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priests
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -patriarch, Latin Patriarcha, Greek Patriarchēs, title used for some Old Testament leaders (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob’s 12 sons) and, in some Christian churches, a title given to bishops of important sees.
Detailed explanation-2: -Developing Church hierarchy In the post-Apostolic church, bishops emerged as overseers of urban Christian populations, and a hierarchy clergy gradually took on the form of episkopos (overseers, bishops), presbyters (elders), and then deacons (servants).
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