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What groups make up the clergy of the Church?
The clergy of the Catholic Church consists of the Bishops, the priests, and the deacons: all ordained clergy.
What is the Catholic clergy?
Priests, Deacons, Bishops, Cardinals, Monsignor's, the Pope, are all members of the Catholic clergy.
What is clergy of Christianity called?
Catholics and orthodox Christians have many levels of their clergy, those who preach are called priests other denominations will call the preachers by either preacher or pastor
What is Protestant clergy?
These are the ordained church leaders in the protestant Churches. In the Methodist Church, for example, ordained clergy are called ministers, whilst in the Baptist Church they tend to be called pastors. In the Anglican Church, however, the ordained leaders are names the same as the Roman Catholic Church - deacons, priests and bishops.
Who controlled the first estate in the estates general before the french revolution?
The First Estate was Catholic clergy, so essentially, the Pope.
What were the two divisions of the clergy in the middle ages?
The two types of clergy were regular clergy and secular clergy. Regular clergy were those who were in monastic orders, and so were regulated by the rules of those orders; they included monks and abbots. Secular clergy were those who served the secular population; they were deacons, priests, and bishops serving the secular people, or people who were not clergy.
What is a mozzeta?
A mozzeta is a elbow-length cape that is worn by other clergy(priest,bishops,deacons etc)but the pope has a hood.
Who are the secular clergy?
The secular clergy are ordained priests who serve within a diocese under the authority of a bishop. They typically focus on pastoral work and serving the needs of a specific parish community, as opposed to members of religious orders who follow a specific rule and live in a community dedicated to prayer and service.
What has the author Russell B Shaw written?
Russell B. Shaw has written: 'To hunt, to shoot, to entertain' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Clergy, Laity, Clericalism 'Permanent deacons' -- subject(s): Deacons
Can a deacon marry 2 Catholics?
Catholic Deacons are clergy (ordained ministers) and can witness a marriage if given the facilities to do so by the Bishop for which he serves.
Is a pastor considered to be clergy?
Catholic AnswerYes, a priest is a member of the clergy.From Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980: Clergy. Those specially ordained for Divine Service as deacons, priests, or bishops. In this sense, the clergy form the Church's hierarchy. Entrance into the clerical state now takes place when a man is ordained deacon. Formerly it was at the time he received first tonsure.
Why is St. Lawrence of Rome a saint?
Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of Pope Sixtus II and was martyred for his faith, along with the pope and fellow deacons. Early Christians considered all martyrs to be saints.
