They are usually deacons. The children who assist are called altar severs.
This could be an altar boy, a deacon, a secretary or a rector.
In the eastern and western rites, the helper of the priest is referred to as the Deacon.
They are the seminarians, the lay faithful and the Altar servers.
I'm not sure about Catholic, Methodist, or similar religons...but..as a born and raised Pentecostal, The "priest"(pastor)..his assistant would assistant Pastor :P
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Alter boy
Priests, as they do today, would have lived in a separate dwelling called a rectory, not in the church.
Catholic clergymen are called priests, and are addressed as "Father."
In the Catholic Church, priests are celibate, therefore this question does not apply to the Catholic Church.
Because they are called to "preach" the Gospel and have that position in the Hierarchical order of the Catholic Church. Its a name.
Orthodox priests could marry, Catholic priests could not.
Roman Catholicism PriestsRoman Catholic parish priests live in a building called the rectory. This is owned by the church and is often attached to the church building.
The Catholic Church has never had female priests nor bishops, and will never have them.
No Catholic priests are not called as Apostles. There were only 12 Apostles which Jesus chose to be with and called them friends. These Apostles used to be with Jesus and had witnessed most of His miracles.
No.
The apostles were the first priests and bishops of the Catholic Church.
Yes. The Dominican order is an order in the Catholic Church.
No there are no female priests in the Roman Catholic Church. A priest represents Jesus on the Alter and a woman cannot do that. Religious women can become nuns but not priests.