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The word cleric comes from the ecclesiastical Latin Clericus, for those belonging to the priestly class.In turn, the source of the Latin word is from the Ecclesiastical Greek Klerikos (κληρικός), meaning appertaining to an inheritance, in reference to the fact that the Levitical priests of the Old Testament had no inheritance except the Lord. [1] "
Eastern Orthodox honorifics and titles; Role Description Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: Ecumenical Patriarch [insert name], His All-Holiness, Your All-Holiness.
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.
The list is found in the 1964 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, pp. 807–870, where the heading is "States of Perfection (of pontifical right for men)". In the 1969 edition the heading is "Religious and Secular institutes of Pontifical Right for Men", a form it kept until 1975.
This does not forbid orders of Clerics regular to wear religious habits. It only requires that the habit of a cleric regular resemble clerical dress. Because of their occupations, they are less given to the practice of austerity which is a distinct feature of the purely monastic life. [1]
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