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clergy: see ministry ministry, in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession . The ceremony by which the candidate receives the office of a minister is called ordination. ..... Click the link for more information. ; monasticism monasticism (mənăs`tĭsĭzəm, mō–) ..... Click the link for more information. ; 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. . clergy the collective body of men and women ordained as religious ministers, esp of the Christian Church How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indeed, law and medicine professors often viewed with condescension the one or two members of the regular clergy from local monasteries who taught theology in the university. Social historians not only need to better delineate the various meanings of anticlericalism, but further investigate why relations between the secular clergy and laity could be close and meaningful in many parts of Europe at the same time as calls for reform among the regular clergy were being escalated. He defined the "Personnel" of the Church as "that body of men who, by the fact th at they belong to the secular or the regular clergy, are the officially appointed servants of the Church, and in particular those among them who, from the top to the bottom of the hierarchy, have the responsibility of authority over the Christian people. |
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