{"publishers": ["Printed by Daniel Kneeland, in Queen-Street, for Thomas Leverett, in Corn-Hill."], "subtitle": "as exhibited from the fathers of the Christian church, until the close of the second century: : containing an impartial account of them, of their writings, and of what they say concerning bishops and presbyters; with observations, and remarks, tending to shew, that they esteemed these one and same order of ecclesiastical officers. : In answer to those, who have represented it as a certain fact, universally handed down, even from the apostles days, that governing and ordaining authority was exercised by such bishops only, as were of an order superior to presbyters.", "covers": [6478737], "key": "/books/OL23290065M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL181667A"}], "ocaid": "compleatviewofepae00chau", "publish_places": ["Boston"], "contributions": ["Leverett, Thomas, 1730-1778,"], "pagination": "x, xiv, 15-474, [4] p. ;", "source_records": ["ia:compleatviewofepae00chau", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/20220215_038.bib.mrc:156046961:2297"], "title": "A compleat view of episcopacy", "number_of_pages": 474, "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "subjects": ["Episcopacy -- History of doctrines.", "Fathers of the church."], "publish_date": "1771", "publish_country": "mau", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL1633603W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "by_statement": "By Charles Chauncy, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in Boston. ; [Six lines from Bishop Croft]", "oclc_numbers": ["19940928"], "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-05-30T06:32:36.811043"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-04T09:04:57.502568"}}