Glosario

Un diccionario episcopal de la Iglesia

Definiciones del glosario adaptadas de Diccionario Episcopal de la Iglesia, una referencia fácil de usar para los episcopales., editado por Don S. Armentrout y Robert Boak Slocum, cortesía de Church Publishing Incorporated, Nueva York, NY.

Bernard of Clairvaux

A 12th-century influential monk who was called the «pope maker» and the uncrowned emperor of Europe. Feast day: Aug. 20.

Bexley Hall Seminary

Two Episcopal seminaries, Bexley Hall and Seabury-Western, federated in 2012, relocating in 2016 to the campus of Chicago Theological Seminary.

Bible

Capitalize, without quotation marks. He reads the Bible every day .

biblical citations

Citations at the end of a verse should be in parentheses with the period following: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…

bimonthly

No hyphen. Means every other month. Semimonthly means twice a month. (Same with biweekly and semiweekly)

Biretta

Stiff, brimless, three- or four-sided cap worn by some clergy on ceremonial occasions.

Bishop

One of the three orders of ordained ministers in the church, the others being deacon and priest. Bishops in The Episcopal Church are elected by laypeople and clergy, and may be any gender.