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31Anglican ministry — The Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion. Ministry commonly refers to the office of ordained clergy: the threefold order of bishops, priests and deacons. More accurately, Anglican… …
32Homosexuality and Presbyterianism — DividedChurch of ScotlandThe mother church for Presbyterians worldwide, the Church of Scotland has been divided over the issue of homosexuality. In 1994, the General Assembly received for consideration two reports, one from the Board of Social… …
33List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament …
34Stephen Kocisko — Stephen John Kocisko (1915 ndash; 1995) was the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, the American branch of the Ruthenian Catholic ChurchEarly lifeBorn June 11 to Rusyn immigrant parents in… …
35Homosexuality and Conservative Judaism — Homosexuality has been a pivotal issue for Conservative Judaism since the 1980s. A major Jewish denomination in the U.S., Conservative Judaism has wrestled with homosexuality as a matter of Jewish law and institutional policy. As with other… …
36Cassandra — /keuh san dreuh/, n. 1. Also called Alexandra. Class. Myth. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, a prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed. 2. a person who prophesies doom or disaster. 3. a female… …
37Eastern Churches — • Eastern Churches depended originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eastern Churches Eastern Churches …
38Holy Orders — • The sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Orders Holy Orders …
39Lector — • A lector (reader) in the West is a clerk having the second of the four minor orders. In all Eastern Churches also, readers are ordained to a minor order preparatory to the diaconate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lector Lec …
40Meletius of Lycopolis — • Bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt, gave his name to a schism of short duration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Meletius of Lycopolis Meletius of Lycopolis …
