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Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific ...
Three classes of papal honours for clergy. Purely honorary. Canon: Very Reverend, Very Rev., Canon [5] Members of a 'chapter' of a cathedral or other significant church. Originally indicative of simply a community of clergy living a semi-religious/monastic life, now often used purely as an honorific. Presbyter, Priest Reverend, Rev., Father
A Methodist pastor wearing a cassock, vested with a surplice and stole, with preaching bands attached to his clerical collar. Deacons, Ordained Elders, and Methodist Licensed Local Pastors are addressed as Reverend, unless they hold a doctorate, in which case they are often addressed in formal situations as The Reverend Doctor.
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
Medieval manuscripts abound in abbreviations, owing in part to the abandonment of the uncial, or quasi-uncial, and the almost universal use of the cursive, hand.The medieval writer inherited a few from Christian antiquity; others he invented or adapted, in order to save time and parchment.
People of all religions who are ordained, licensed or in another way "set apart" for the work of clergy within a religious organization (church, temple, mosque, etc.). For more information, see Clergy .
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion. [1] Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse , parsonage , rectory , or vicarage .
John Vianney, the Curé d'Ars. A curate (/ ˈ k j ʊər ɪ t /) is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish.In this sense, curate means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest.