1.4 Check for Understanding! 1. What is a hierarchy? (Vocabulary word - pg. 38) 2. Fill in the church hierarchy. You can use your book or your Lesson 4: The Early Church PearDeck. a. Were women allowed to serve in the clergy? b. What does the word pope translate to? 3. What did bishops supervise? 4. What is a doctrine? 5. What is considered heresy?