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The person who has authority to issue dimissorial letters is obliged to make sure that the testimonials and documents required by canon law have first been obtained. [ 5 ] These include certificates of completion of the prescribed course of studies and, for someone to be ordained a deacon, of baptism, confirmation, and reception of the ...
A pastoral letter, often simply called a pastoral, is an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese or to both, containing general admonition, instruction or consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances. [1]
Encyclicals are letters of a more hortatory nature, addressed to all or to a majority of the higher officials of the Church. A motu proprio is a document prepared at the personal initiative of the pope, without previous petition to him, and issued with a partial avoidance of the otherwise customary forms of the chancery.
Bataan Death March Testimonials. Some published oral or written autobiographical narratives are considered "testimonial literature" particularly when they present evidence or first person accounts of human rights abuses, violence and war, and living under conditions of social oppression.
A celebret, in Catholic canon law, is a letter from a bishop or religious superior authorizing a priest to say Mass in a/an (arch)diocese other than his own. The name of the document is taken from the Latin celebret , meaning “may he celebrate”, as it is traditionally the first word of the text therein.
In 2016, as a result of the letter's content and public criticisms of the church, Runnells' local LDS Church leaders conducted a disciplinary council to determine the membership status of Runnells. Towards the end of the council, before a determination had been made, Runnells resigned his membership, exited the church building where the council ...
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Runnells grew up as a sixth-generation member of the LDS Church with pioneer ancestry, [3] which traces back to Nauvoo, Illinois. [4] Runnells was born in Whittier, California and grew up in various cities across Southern California. He was diagnosed with mild hearing loss at age 3 or 4. He wore hearing aids over the course of his youth. In the ...