C h u r c h H i s t o r y I By Mr. Kennedy K. Kirui I. Benefits to be gained from the study of Church History A. A perspective informed by a sense of continuity 1. The whole family in heaven and earth (Eph.3:14) 2. Connecting the canonical history with our own time (Acts 28ff) 3. Escape from the theological and ecclesiastical provincialism (1 Cor.14:36). B. The encouragement of a Godly Heritage 1. The great cloud of witnesses (Heb.11; 12:1) 2. Perspective on persecution
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respected rural bishop named Cyriacus. Jacob later went on to study at Aphthonia‚ a monastery. At the monastery‚ it is speculated that Jacob’s teacher was the famous scholar Severus Sebokt. It was at this stage in his life that he began to study Greek. This proved to be useful being that he went on to study the Greek psalter. He later went to study in Alexandria where he ended up completing his studies before returning to Syria. When back in Edessa he was consecrated as the Bishop sometime after 684
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1100‚ but Cowdrey shows it was employed already in 1078‚ in the appointment of a bishop of Augsburg. Gregory’s pragmatism in other aspects of the layclerical relationship is well known‚ but not its extent. The pragmatism is shown here by an abundance of example of Gregory’s exhortations to lay congregations to boycott the Masses of non celibate priests; and to princes‚ to coerce lazy bishops. Anyone doubting Gregory’s capacity for tactical somersaults in the matter of clerical an
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ruling class (kings‚ lords‚ and other nobles) in addition to the lay people and commoners. Prior to the 11th century‚ the nobles had increasingly dictated church affairs‚ as they were making secular choices for bishops. This was important for the nobles to do because a bishop would often be the governmental administrator for a town‚ in addition to the “spiritual” leader. However‚ the papacy began to chafe at this external interference‚ and more so this external exertion of power. Thus
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Priest hood. Francis didn’t even join priest hood when the Bishop told him too. Why did he wait so long you may ask? It’s because he was waiting for God’s will to be clear. The way is pretty ironic how Francis new he was in the clear‚ everytime he would ride on his horse‚ he would fall off and the horse his sword would come out and make a shape of the cross. At first he was appointed provost of his diocese‚ and then second in rank to the bishop. One reason why St. Francis waited was because that in order
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My interview was with Reverend Andrew Booms who has been appointed by the Bishop of Saginaw to serve as the permanent priest for St. Michael Church in Port Austin. I decided to ask him questions about how he became a priest. There are many details I can learn from a priest. I never knew priests have so much to do from visiting the sick‚ to celebrating mass. There are three main issues I would like to discuss with Father Andy: his childhood‚ his career‚ and his typical day of work. When Andrew
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After becoming the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose made many changes within the Western Church. He was accountable for the two first theological works written in Latin‚ which were De Sacramentis on the Sacraments and De Spirtu Sancto on the Holy Spirit. Ambrose was also able to instruct and strengthen the process of preparing for Baptism. He reformed the Church’s way of singing by introducing singing into the Western Church. The singing that was done in the church at the time was known as the “Ambrosian
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(Meyendorff 5).The word orthodox comes from Greek‚ meaning right-believing. currently the orthodox religion has more than 174 million followers throughout the world. The Greek Orthodox church is autocephalous‚ that is‚ governed by its own head bishop. The head bishops of this autocephalous church may be called patriarch‚ metropolitan‚ or archbishop. These clergymen are much like the Pope in that they decide church doctrine and generally make the important decision on controversial topics. In its doctrinal
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documents pertaining to a remarkable cure of a woman with inoperable cancer were delivered under seal to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. After close scrutiny of this case and examination by the Medical Board and theologians‚ the cardinals and bishops recommended to Pope Benedict XVI that this was a miracle. He approved on December 19‚ 2009‚ and Mary’s canonisation occurred
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married priests and the belief of trinity were the primary reasons for the "split". The main reason as to why the church split was papal authority. The church of rome came under the authority of the bishop of rome who declared himself as the pope and more important than all the other bishops. But then disputes occurred when the church of constantinople claimed authority because it was the capital of the roman empire. This impacted on the Christian community as now the church was beginning to
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