practice of His apostles. The Church finances and its property will be administered and managed in accordance with the provisions in this Constitution. 2. NAME The Church is called Zion Christian Church - Mandadzaka (“the Church”)‚ founded by Bishop Samuel Mutendi (1924) 3. OBJECTS The Church’s objects (“the Objects”) are the advancement of the Christian faith primarily in Zimbabwe and also throughout Africa and the rest of the World by all means consistent with the teachings of the Christian
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Romans 15:16 Jesus 1979‚ U.S.A. Directors: John Krish‚ Peter Sykes Writer: Barnet Bain IMAGE SOURCE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/emperorkarl_dos/5220938279 MATTER: Imposition of hands FORM: The words which accompany it MINISTER: Bishop RECIPIENT: Any baptized male EFFECT It configures the ordained to Christ by a special grace of the Holy Spirit‚ in view of serving as an instrument of Christ for his Church SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1987 Dimensions of Priesthood
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an important role in in the lives of the people of the Middle Ages. Most of the people lived in very small communities. Since Christianity was the leading dominant religion at the time‚ people were attempting to purify it. With this scholars and bishops made efforts in which they promised that Christianity would free and there would be
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abuse from the church and spreading the word of that abuse. He takes part in CatholicWhistleBlowers.org who talk about the churches mishandlings at great cost to their own careers in the clergy. Besides that‚ he has taken part in the report given to bishops about the issue of sexual abuse in the church and was punished for it‚ yet continues to voice the problem. He informed the layman of the church about the huge problem the church has with the secrecy of sexual abuse and has offered help to the victims
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Launched by Chancellor Bismarck in 1871‚ the KulturKampf was introduced to destroy the political influence of the Catholic Church in Germany and do similar with other small minorities. As a Lutheran and a Prussian he could not understand how German Catholics could divide their loyalty between their country and their religion. 39% of the German population were catholic‚ mainly in the southern states of the country. These southern states were the most reluctant to unify as a nation as the catholic
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churches of different regions. * Authority of the Church - This diversity in practice and doctrine has put a serious strain on issues of authority in the Anglican denomination. An example would be the recent ordination of a practicing homosexual bishop in North America. Most other Anglican churches do not agree with this commission. * Book of Common Prayer - Anglican practices and rituals are
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Dominican friars were some of the first defenders of human rights in the Indies. They grave fiery sermons denouncing the encomienda system‚ and refused to take confessions from those who took part in the system (Nuccetelli‚ 115). In 1512‚ the crown finally chose to listen to the priests by creating the Law of Burgos (Clayton‚55). Since the Indians are subjects‚ they must be protected. This document gives us a historical insight into the Catholic culture of Spain‚ and the treatment of Indians in encomienda
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The Catholic Church The Church -from the Latin word “ecclesia” and from the Greek word “ek- kalein” which means convocation or assembly -It designates assembly of the people for the religious purpose. -In Christian usage‚ the word “church” The Church in God’s Plan -God the Father created the whole universe‚ and chose to raise up men to share in his own divine life. -God created the world for the sake of communion with his divine life‚ a communion brought about by the convocation of men
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Through his papacy‚ the view of the Bishop of Rome changed into a character that was not only chief patriarch of the Church‚ but a figure who also held an unchallenged supremacy politically as well. Yet‚ throughout his ever growing success‚ he always maintained a humble spirit‚ never taking
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raised if these sacraments were still valid. The council’s general answer to this question was that they remained true sacraments in the catholic sense if the persons performing them kept a catholic understanding of the sacraments. For example if bishops ordained ministers without intending to ordain them as priests in the catholic sense‚ those ordinations were not valid as far as the Catholic Church was concerned. Or if two protestant Christians married with the idea that they could someday divorce
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