After this we find that they appointed other persons to help them in their work. First, they appointed the _deacons_, to take care of the poor and to assist in other services. Then they appointed _presbyters_ (or _elders_), to undertake the charge of congregations. Afterwards, we find St. Paul sending Timothy to Ephesus, and Titus into the island of Crete (now called _Candia_), with power to "ordain elders in every city" (_Tit._ i. 5), and to govern all the churches within a large country. Thus, then, three kinds (or _orders_) of ministers of the Church are mentioned in the Acts and Epistles. The _deacons_ are lowest; the _presbyters_, or _elders_, are next; and, above these, there is a higher order, made up of the Apostles themselves, with such persons as Timothy and Titus, who had to look after a great number of presbyters and deacons, and were also the chief spiritual pastors (or _shepherds_) of the people who were under the care of these presbyters and deacons. In the New Testament, the name of _bishops_ (which means _overseers_) is sometimes given to the Apostles and other clergy of the highest order, and sometimes to the presbyters; but after a time it was given only to the highest order, and when the Apostles were dead, the _bishops_ had the chief government of the Church. It has since been found convenient that some bishops should be placed above others, and should be called by higher titles, such as _archbishops_ and _patriarchs_; but these all belong to the same _order_ of bishops; just as in a parish, although the rector and the curate have different titles, and one of them is above the other, they are both most commonly presbyters (or, as we now say, _priests_), and so they both belong to the same _order_ in the ministry. One of the most famous among the early bishops was St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, the place where the disciples were first called Christians (_Acts_ xi. 26). Antioch was the chief city of Syria, and was so large that it had more than two hundred thousand inhabitants. St. Peter himself is said to have been its bishop for some years; and, although this is perhaps a mistake, it is worth remembering, because we shall find by-and-by that much was said about the bishops of Antioch being St. Peter's successors, as well as the bishops of Rome.