Anglican Ecclesiastical Offices - Priest, Bishop, Holy Orders, Deacon, Primate, Rector, Presbyter, Anglican Ministry, Apostolicae Curae (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Priest, Bishop, Holy Orders, Deacon, Primate, Rector, Presbyter, Anglican ministry, Apostolicae Curae, Deaconess, Subdeacon, Proctor, Canon, Lecturer, Archdeacon, Presiding Bishop, List of Archdeacons of Chichester, Metropolitan bishop, Churchwarden, Vicar, Precentor, Curate, Dean, Coadjutor bishop, Parson, Prelate, Clerk of the Closet, Lay reader, Prebendary, Royal Almonry, List of Archdeacons of Nottingham, Presbyterium, Dean of the Chapel Royal, List of Archdeacons of Hastings, Archdeacon of London, Meeting of Parishioners, Prolocutor, Incumbent, Perpetual curate, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Provost of Birmingham Cathedral, Boat boy, Priest in charge, Succentor, List of Archdeacons of Newark, Bishop's chaplain, Minor canon, Bishop at Lambeth. Excerpt: A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the Anglican churches, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. Within these churches, bishops can ordain clergy including other bishops. Some Protestant churches including the Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way. The office of bishop was already quite distinct from that of priest in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 107), and by the middle of the 2nd century all the chief centres of Christianity were headed by bishops, a form of organization that remained universal until the Protestant Reformation. The earliest organization of the Church in Jerusalem was similar to that of Jew...