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J.D. King (2017), Regeneration: A Complete History of Healing in the Christian Church Volume Two, Christos Publishing ISBN 0-999-28261-1; K. Lehman (2016) The Immanuel Approach: for Emotional healing and for life. Evanston IL: Immanuel Publishing; Agnes Sanford (1974), The Healing Power of the Bible, Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-18217-2
Pastoral Care is a Christian approach to improve mental distress and has been practiced since the formation of the Christian Church. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] By offering guidance and counsel, it is an easy and often preferred contact point for religious people seeking help with psychological problems or personal issues.
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Although there is no hierarchy in Christian Science, practitioners devote full time to prayer for others on a professional basis, and advertise in an online directory published by the church. [75] [76] Christian Scientists sometimes tell their stories of healing at weekly testimony meetings at local Christian Science churches, or publish them ...
Russian Orthodox priest leading a Moleben on the patronal feast day, Holy Protection Church, Düsseldorf.. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the equivalent of a Paraklesis is the moleben, molében (Slavonic: молебенъ), molieben, service of intercession or service of supplication, which is similar in structure, except that the canon is omitted, retaining only the refrains and Irmoi of the ...
In Christian churches, chirotony [2] is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers, along with a variety of other church sacraments and holy ceremonies.
Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven Sacraments recognized by the Catholic Church, and is associated with not only bodily healing but also forgiveness of sins. Only ordained priests can administer it, [ 15 ] and "any priest may carry the holy oil with him, so that in a case of necessity he can administer the sacrament of anointing of the ...
When the General Conference is out of session, the Council of Bishops [50] acts as the church's governing body. In the IPHC, the terms "bishop" and "superintendent" are used interchangeably. The church recognizes the biblical office of bishop but does not believe in an historical episcopate or adhere to the doctrine of apostolic succession. [51]