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Officers' Christian Fellowship (OCF) is a nonprofit Christian parachurch [1] organization of 17,000 U.S. Military officers, family members, and friends found at installations throughout the military. Founded in 1943, [ 2 ] the organization's purpose remains to glorify God by uniting Christian officers for biblical fellowship and outreach ...
Christians in the military. Christians have been present in the military since after the death of Jesus, [1] Marinus of Caesarea, Julius the Veteran, and other military saints were Christians who were soldiers. Other Christians, such as Maximilian of Tebessa, were conscientious objectors, believing that the Bible supported Christian pacifism.
e. In Anglo-American Freemasonry, York Rite, sometimes referred to as the American Rite, [1][2][3] is one of several Rites of Freemasonry. It is named after York, in Yorkshire, England; where the legend of the Rite, was first practiced. A Rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies, each ...
Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session (or consistory), though other terms, such as church board, may apply. [notes 1] Groups of local churches ...
Threefold office. The threefold office (Latin: munus triplex) of Jesus Christ is a Christian doctrine based upon the teachings of the Old Testament of which Christians hold different views. It was described by Eusebius and more fully developed by John Calvin. The doctrine states that Jesus Christ performed three functions (or "offices") in his ...
Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government offices. In an investiture, a person may receive an outward ...
Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local (congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity may describe its ministerial offices or an authority structure between churches. Polity relates closely to ecclesiology, the theological study of the church.
Installation is a Christian liturgical act that formally allows a cleric to assume the office of his appointed position at a particular place such as a cathedral. The term arises from the act of symbolically leading the prelate to their stall or throne within the cathedral or other place of worship (the word "cathedral" derives from the ...