An episcopal subsidy is the term for the various ways in which parish churches support their bishop and dioceses within churches with a system of
episcopal government.
In the
Roman Catholic church
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there are a number of forms of episcopal subsidy including the cathedraticum (an annual fixed sum) and the seminaristicum which is the fee for covering the expenses of
seminarians
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
.
References
Catholic Church and finance
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