Church Bureaucracy
Definition
Church governance through the Holy Synod under the effective control of a state-appointed Ober-Procurator; the material describes the Synod as subordinated to state power and consistorial secretaries as accountable to the Chief Procurator.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Synodal System And Chief Procurator
Biblical References
- Galatians 3:28 — *There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female—for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. *
- Colossians 3:11 — *Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all. *