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...the reader a whole bouquet of Christian virtues. St. Ambrose, esteeming very highly the dignity of the ministerial office, was most desirous that the clergy of his diocese should live worthily of their high vocation, and be good and profitable examples to the people. The language of the book is eloquent, the style noble, the thought abundant in both imagery and rhetoric, a...

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...new planet. We will gather in three days’ time, on the fields of the Theliá State Government University, scientists and other experts along with some clergy will welcome you.” – Doctor Ajidán Edejèm (copyright, 2012)...

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...on, but to the laity alone—and therefore gave no “permission” at all to the clergy, but deprived them of the sacrament altogether! Further, according... ...cate and great heroes to do, and should by no means entrust it to the lower clergy as something common, for whatever human wisdom has decreed must b... ...e sought by this means to set up a seed bed of implacable discord, by which clergy and laymen should be separated from each other farther than heave... ...n the gospel. Here, indeed, are the roots of that detestable tyranny of the clergy over the laity. Trusting in the external anointing by which their ... ...s departed! The whole earth is filled with priests, bishops, cardinals, and clergy; yet not one of them preaches so far as his official duty is conc... .... It is clear, therefore, that the ordination, which, as a sacrament, makes clergymen of this sort of men, is in truth nothing but a mere fiction, de...

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... practicing the teachings of Gurbaani, the Divine Word. In the guise of a clergy/priest, no intermediary is necessary. THE CONTENTS: The Divi...

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...614, as a delegate of the "third estate" (people who were neither aristocrats, nor clergy). The revolution itself may have been set off by a m...

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...rceiving in its style and sentiment certain traits of resemblance to that of one of the clergy with whom they could hold confidential intercourse, m... ...ed it, or become at all acquainted with its doctrines. About three or four years ago, a clergyman of the church of England, whose name, if I might m... ...ing a term of 1260 years; and that of late a pamphlet has been written by a very worthy clergyman of the Church of England to this effect: but reall... ...office of the ministry to none. It may serve the end of maintaining the reputation of a clergy for learned accomplishments, and of a church for orth... ...d themselves in the mountains, shall return and resume their sees, accompanied by their clergy and some other Christian families, who had followed t...

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...or us to talk, you have a sharp mind with an aptitude to see the obvious, which we of the clergy are not ordinarily exposed to.” Zlatamir sat back...

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...s all the faithful, great and small, learned and ignorant, polished and rustic, clergy and laity. The second seems manifestly to apply only to the a...

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...mes is Catholic but rules a Protestant country. There are some serious stand-offs with colleges at Oxford and Cambridge plus conflict with the London clergy....

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... be a defense of the Augsburg Confession and a refutation of the Confutation. It was signed as a confession of faith by leading Lutheran magnates and clergy at the meeting of the Smalcald League in February, 1537, and subsequently included in the German [1580] and Latin [1584] Book of Concord. As the longest document in the Book of Concord, it offers the most detailed Luth...

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...red include the rise of the Christian church, Feudalism, Charlemagne, the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, and the daily life of peasant, noble, and clergy. (Summary by Kara)...

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...majority of changes it brought about were confined almost entirely to the clergy and spawned no wide ranging social movements, such as the one devel... ...ealing and usury. Taking prayer book production out of the hands of the clergy tended to downgrade prayers and monkish ideals while it enhanced th... ...luded a wealthy merchant-diplomat who turned pioneer printer, two defiant clergy, and Henry VIII with his mistress-wife Anne Boleyn. “Black Plague” ... ...nly in Latin. The church held that Christ had given the scriptures to the clergy to preach to the laity and to weaker persons. Bible reading, even... ...reach to the laity and to weaker persons. Bible reading, even among the clergy, was rare. Most priests mastered little more than the Ten Commandme... ...oster (―Our father, who art …‖), the Creed, and Ave Maria (―Hail Mary!‖). Clergy seldom preached from the scriptures, if they preached at all. B...

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...majority of changes it brought about were confined almost entirely to the clergy and spawned no wide ranging social movements, such as the one devel... ... dealing and usury. Taking prayer book production out of the hands of the clergy tended to downgrade prayers and monkish ideals while it enhanced th... ...luded a wealthy merchant-diplomat who turned pioneer printer, two defiant clergy, and Henry VIII with his mistress-wife Anne Boleyn. “Black Plague” ... ...nly in Latin. The church held that Christ had given the scriptures to the clergy to preach to the laity and to weaker persons. Bible reading, even ... ...preach to the laity and to weaker persons. Bible reading, even among the clergy, was rare. Most priests mastered little more than the Ten Commandme... ...oster (―Our father, who art …‖), the Creed, and Ave Maria (―Hail Mary!‖). Clergy seldom preached from the scriptures, if they preached at all. By ...

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... subjects. Mehmet II bestowed upon the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, its bishops and clergy great powers. The trade off was made explicit in Mehmet's... ...ily set "harac" (or, less commonly, "cizye") in lieu of military service. Even the clergy were not exempt (they even assisted in tax collection). B... ...the Hesychasts were more Byzantine than the Greeks and denounced wavering Orthodox clergy. Many a south Orthodox pilloried the Catholic stance as a...

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...riests and the number of nuns has reduced by over 50%. On top of this the clergy‘s population is aging and there are few young recruits. Isn‘t that ... ... And in a letter to Jeremiah Moore on August 14, 1800, he wrote that ‗The clergy, by getting themselves established by law, and ingrafted into the m... ... been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, ... ...s who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy to be convenient auxiliaries‘ ―John Adams seemed to be cleare... ...ted States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.‘ This may indicate a deistic approach to government, or at least t... ...cently passed federal law that eliminated federal taxes on members of the clergy for their housing allowances, which is about a third of their compe... ...church but disapprove of the sex scandals that have afflicted many of our clergy. They often disapprove of the Pope‘s rules that forbid female or ma... .... They often disapprove of the Pope‘s rules that forbid female or married clergy and many disagree with the Church‘s stands against homosexuality, c... ...that these sins were unforgivable. Consequently taking the sacraments from clergy who had betrayed their beliefs was also forbidden by the Donatists....

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...ear and obedience. Several vocations meet these requirements: teaching, the clergy, show business, corporate management, the medical professions, th... ...dals, his impeccably pressed uniform, the status symbols of his rank. If a clergyman, he is overly devout and orthodox and places great emphasis o...

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...no overt Communist pres- ence Other political or pressure groups: Bud- dhist clergy, Indian merchant community, ethnic Nepalese organizations Member o... ...u- tion, Muslim Students Following the Line of the Imam, and Tehran Militant Clergy Association Member of: Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,... ...ical or pressure groups: mili- tary remains dominant political force; Ulema (clergy), industrialists, and small merchants also influential Member of: ... ...P .27% Other political or pressure groups: Tamil separatist groups, Buddhist clergy, Sinha- lese Buddhist lay groups; far-left violent revolutionary g...

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...rian. Just look at its requirements for only male priests, for an unmarried clergy, for its opposition to mechanical, hormonal and chemical contrace...

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..." thoughts. Practitioners of the old discipline seek to cement the power of its "clergy". Rituals are a specialized form of knowledge which can b...