the Word of God, they went forth with the full assurance of the Holy Spirit, announcing the good news that the Kingdom of God was close at hand. Preaching from country to country and from city to city, they established some of their first followers as ‘episkopoi’ and ‘diakonoi’ of the future believers, after having tested them by the Spirit … Our apostles were also given to know by Jesus Christ our Lord that the name [office] of ‘episkopos’ would give rise to rivalries. This is why, endowed as they