Editing Episcopal polity (section)

==Catholic Church==
{{Main|Bishops in the Catholic Church}}
The [[Catholic Church]] has an episcopate, with the [[Pope]], who is the [[Diocese of Rome|Bishop of Rome]], at the top. The Catholic Church considers juridical oversight over the Church is not a power derived from human beings, but strictly from the authority of Christ, which was given to his twelve [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostle]]s. The [[See of Rome]], as the unbroken line of apostolic authority descending from Saint [[Saint Peter|Peter the Apostle]] (the “Prince and Head of the Apostles”), is a visible sign and ''locus'' of [[Full communion|communion]] among the [[College of Bishops]], and therefore also of local churches around the world. In communion with these churches and their bishops, the Pope has all legitimate juridical and [[Papal infallibility|infallible]] [[Magister militum|teaching authority]] over the whole Church. This authority given by Christ to Saint Peter and the apostles is transmitted from one generation to the next by the power of the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]], through the [[laying on of hands]] from the Apostles to the bishops, in unbroken succession.