The clergy of the Catholic Church consists of the Bishops, the priests, and the deacons: all ordained clergy.
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The Laity.
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The Roman Catholic Church consists of: * 1. Us (the Laity) * 2. People that are ministers in the Church (the Clergy)
The First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
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There is only one, and you begin by joining the clergy in the Catholic church.
No, there are several churches that tack on the title 'Catholic' to their names but who are not in union with Rome and not true Catholic Churches. Examples: The Old Catholic Church, the American Catholic Church, the American Charismatic Catholic Church, etc. Some allow married clergy and female priests. Your question is not very clear. The Roman Catholic Church limits its clergy to men only but could not be classified as 'liberal' in the way that some of the non-Catholic 'Catholic' denominations listed above cold be.
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The clergy comprised the First Estate in France before the revolution and the Lords Spiritual in England.
The ranking system used by the Catholic Church to determine the hierarchy of clergy members is known as the "holy orders." This system includes the ranks of deacon, priest, and bishop, with the Pope at the top as the highest-ranking clergy member.