Assertion: catholic church | /r/CapableOf | maintain episcopal polity
Facets:
value: within the historical episcopate
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: But the fourth became contentious, as the Anglican Church maintained episcopal polity within the historical episcopate and believed that all its bishops and priests could trace an unbroken line of succession from St. Peter; whereas the rest of the churches in the negotiations conformed to other ecclesiastical polities and did not subscribe to the Anglican views on apostolic succession.