In addition to the appointed minister, there are various other types of church officials:
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The official title of a candidate for holy orders is "seminarian" in the Roman Catholic Church.
Atheism..... i think.
No. Although some local councils have voted to support it and some individual clergy members have performed same-sex weddings, the official position of the United Methodist Church is that same-sex marriage is not permissible.
Thomas Jefferson, as Governor of Virginia, declared in 1779 that Virginia had no official state church with the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This statute is considered a precursor to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and established freedom of religion in Virginia.
Synonym: loyal, devoted. Antonym: disloyal, unfaithful.
Church.
official
The official church of Russia is the Russian Orthodox Church. Even though it is the official church there is complete religious freedom in most of Russia.
The Pope is the official head of the Roman Catholic Church, so that is "his" church.
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
Anglican Church, or Church of England, made official church of Georgia colony in 1758.
The synonym for antidisestablishmentarianism is establishmentarianism, which refers to the support or advocacy of a state church established by law.
The church of England is the official established church in England and the mother church of the worldwide angelican communion.
Temple, place of worship, church
pocedural, methodical, methodological, official etc
The Russian Orthodox Church