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The titles listed below are only used in the most formal occasions by media or official correspondence, save for the simpler forms of address. Post-nominals that indicate academic degree or membership in a religious order are usually included. The Pope is always titled "Ang Kanyáng Kabanalan" (Filipino for "His Holiness").
Teaching Elders are ordained by the Presbytery and fill the role of pastor. Ruling Elders are ordained by the local church and serve on a board that leads the church. Deacon: Priestess: Specific to Christian spiritualist, Independent protestant, and Non-denominational Christian, women who are ministers. [1] [2] [3] Bishop: See also Bishop ...
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.
[3] In Orthodox and Catholic teachings, all Christians in heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered to be worthy of higher honor, emulation, or veneration, with official church recognition given to some saints through canonization or glorification. [4] [5]
Leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) (4 P) Leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1 C, 26 P) Local Christian church officials (20 P)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre – traditionally believed to be the site of Golgatha and the Empty tomb. Circumcision controversy in early Christianity – Jesus and Paul and presumably the Jewish Christians were circumcised according to biblical tradition, the Council of Jerusalem made the practice optional for converts as is the case today ...
A religious official is a person, in a clergy or Holy Order, who has the authority over religious ceremonies or rituals . It may mean: Priest / Priestess;
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has no dedicated clergy, and is governed instead by a system of lay priesthood leaders. Locally, unpaid and part-time priesthood holders lead the church; the worldwide church is supervised by full-time general authorities, some of whom receive modest living allowances.