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deacon: see orders, holy orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], in Christianity, the traditional degrees of the clergy, conferred by the Sacrament of Holy Order. The episcopacy, priesthood or presbyterate, and diaconate were in general use in Christian churches in the 2d cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . deacon Christianity 1. (in the Roman Catholic and other episcopal churches) an ordained minister ranking immediately below a priest 2. (in Protestant churches) a lay official appointed or elected to assist the minister, esp in secular affairs
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Telling the intriguing story of Quander's diagnosis of diabetes shortly before his sixth birthday, and his dedicated and courageous pursuit to live a fulfilled and purposeful life, The Quander Quality is the inspirational and deeply personal history of how Quander eventually became on of the sixteen men ordained in the United States when the Permanent Diaconate was revived after an eight-hundred-year hiatus. I am thinking, for example, of marriage; the faith-committed single state, either non-aligned or aligned through groups like Focolare or Lay Apostolic Ministry Program (LAMP); third orders; and even the permanent diaconate. The permanent diaconate has made remarkable progress in the past thirty-five years by tinkering with one or two of these requirements, and, says Greeley, it's only a failure of imagination and courage that prevents us from experimenting in the priesthood as well. |
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