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Priests
Priest is a title given to individuals that have devoted themselves to the religious practice that has called them to service. Most require advanced education and ordination by their church. Priests are found in many branches of Christianity, Buddhism and Shintoism.
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Do a diocesan priest and a religious priest have a salary?
Diocesan priests get a salary - it is not a lot but with room and board paid at rectory he can get by.Some other priest orders take a vow of poverty and get no salary
What is the strictest order of Catholic priest?
The strictest Order in the Catholic Church is the Carthusians, but it is not an Order just of priests, it is a religious Order with both priests and brothers.
Do priests have to be present at a Catholic wedding?
Church law requires Catholics to be married in the presence of a priest and two witnesses in order for the marriage to be valid. This is called "the canonical form of marriage". Catholics may receive a dispensation from their bishop from the canonical form. Without the dispensation, a marriage in any other form for Catholics would be considered invalid under Church law.
How was St. Patrick's grandfather a Catholic priest when priests can't get married?
A Latin Rite Catholic priest may not get married. However, married man have always been capable of being ordained, they just cannot marry after they are ordained. During most of history, MOST Latin Rite priests have been drawn from single men, but not always.
He would be the head of the church. He was often time called pope which in Latin means father. He would take your request to be saved and save you himself. This is what the Catholics do when you get saved but Christians see it a different way.
Does Confucianism have priests?
No, Confucianism is an ethical and philosophical system, not a religion.
Can a monsignor perform the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church?
In special cases and with the permission of a bishop, any priest can give the Sacrament of Confirmation.
no priest-ism in Islam. However, Muslim religious leaders are allowed to marry and work as all people.
Do Catholic Priests break their vows?
I'm sure they are not supposed to, so most of them probably don't. But, I'm sure it has happened before.
Actually many have broken their vows because I am sure that the Catholic priests that rape innocent little boys are breaking their vows.
Roman Catholic AnswerPriests are human, just like you and me; as the Italian grandmother of a childhood friend of mine used to say, "they are only the flesh and the blood". Every human being on this earth stands before God as a sinner. As Jesus said, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Catholic priests are called to a high standard, but not higher than any of us. We just expect more of them. Another mother of a childhood friend told me that we should always look at others, particularly priests with the eyes of charity. They have so much responsibility, and are accountable to so many different people.That said, there is no excuse for child abuse, none; and everyone must be accountable for their sins. Even so, we must never paint an entire group of people with the brush of prejudice, especially to accuse priests of the heinous crimes of a few. Nor think that because the media has exposed the crimes of a few that it is not to be found elsewhere, among other people. That is just inexcusable.
The vast majority of priests are kind, caring, knowledgeable, and doing their very best to save you and me; to serve God as well as they are capable.
What are the levels of priests in Islam?
There are no priests in Islam.
a mufti: is a Muslim who has a high level of Islamic education who can give solutions to new or uncommon situations based on Qur'an and Islamic teachings. He can be right or wrong.
an imam is a Muslim scholar of Islamic texts (Qur'an, The Messenger's speeches...) he can teach others or he can lead the prayers, give speeches.
That's all.
What penance will a priest have you do after confession?
he will have you do an act of contrition, and may give you as a pennance 1 decade of the rosary, or any litany, or just Hail mary's, and to beg pardon from God the sins you have commited, and you should always thank God for forgiving you of your sins.
How do you call the white garments for priests?
The white garment worn over the clothes is called an alb. Ove the alb another grament is worn called the chasuble, which can be white or other color depending on the season
Can Catholic priests conduct funerals?
Yes, as death and burial have deep theological significance for Christians, there are three ritual moments in the liturgy: the vigil, the funeral liturgy proper, and the rite of committal - all of these require (or should have) a Priest.
Although the funeral liturgy is not a Sacrament, it does present the aspect of a kind of sacramental participation in the paschal mystery. Who would not want their Spiritual advisor and/or Confessor with them at a difficult time?
For more information: Catechism of the Catholic Church359, 362,364-5, 1680-1690.
Code of Cannon Law: 1176-1185.
Our Sunday Visitor: Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine pgs. 62-63, 156, 250-251, 293.
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Many priests have religion, this question is too vague to answer.
When do priests use a thurible?
many times throughout the year but the thurible is definitely used during benediction ceremonies.
What does vocation to the priesthood mean?
To have a vocation is to have a specific "calling" or disposition towards the religious life. This means that God has granted the soul the grace of a vocation, or the invitation to intimately participate in ministry of His Church or to live, pray and work closer to Himself by living a life that is removed from the world. A vocation to the priesthood is a specific calling a young man feels to enter a seminary in order to train to become a priest. This calling may be simply a desire to serve as a priest, an intellectual resolution based on self evaluation, a religious experience (though these are rare and not to be looked for), or a recommendation by a parish priest or retreat master. A vocation to the priesthood is confirmed when the candidate enters the religious state and when the Church calls him to approach for ordination.
The Priests who belong to the Indian origin and serve God are called as Indian priests.
How come Catholic priest were the only ones to read the Bible?
They were not the ONLY ones, they were just the most likely, for two reasons, 1) they had a Bible available to them at all time, primarily for the Church readings, and for teaching, and 2) they were about the only ones who could read-the only ones with an education. Also, remember that for most of the centuries, of the Church's existence, books were incredibly expensive. It would take an entire herd of sheep to produce enough vellum to produce one Bible, and a bunch of educated monks years of steady labor to copy a Bible. One Bible was worth more than most people earned in a lifetime, and even if they could buy one, they would have to spend years learning to read, etc. However, the Church made them available to all the people who could read, this is were the practice came of chaining Bibles to the lecturn in the Church. They were so incredibly expensive that unscruplous thieves would not scruple to steal a Bible, if nothing else for their valuable gems that were often inlaid in the covers. The practice of chaining them meant that they could be left unguarded all day for anyone to come in and read them. Often parish priests took lads under their tutelage to teach them to read and write, in order, primarily, so that they could read the Bible. The Catholic Church deserves our praise, admiration, and thanks for the centuries in which they not only produced the Bible, but safeguarded it, copied it for century after century so that we, hundreds of years later, would be able to actually have a copy of this written word of God. There is no way in which we can thank the Catholic Church, and her generations of monks, for this immense gift for all of us.
