The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church had many close encounters of failure in the first 400 years of its being‚ yet it is still standing 2‚000 years later. Jesus said “the gates of hell will never prevail against it”‚ meaning that no matter what‚ the church shall never fall.1 Through the hardships of the Church‚ the Church still stands strong due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit guiding the members of the Church on to the right path. In the first 400 years of the Church‚ the Catholic faith
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Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity‚ which "stands in today ’s society as one of the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean‚ and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe" (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
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The article‚ Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: The Promise of Pentecostal Ecclesiology‚ is transcribed from a speech given by Clark H. Pinnock of several themes within the Pentecostal movement‚ suggesting that all Christians could benefit from aspects of the Pentecostal ecclesiology. Although he may not be affiliated with what is seen as a traditional Pentecostal denomination‚ Pinnock states he is charismatic in his beliefs and practices. He insists‚ “I am one of those among evangelicals who
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reaching in finances as well as establishment of a solid footing for the parish. A budget shows whether the church is making finances or not. This helps the church to keep balance economically. It reveals truth long range goals and indicates where the actual emphasis of the church mission lies. It shows the distribution of massiveness mission funds to be used in all departments in the church and its work. It enables one to work effectively and efficiently. Helps in design a calendar of events for
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refer to Christians and churches belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. To be Catholic requires a person to have certain unique‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and traditions that are separate from other people practicing Christianity. The Catholic Church maintains that it has been able to carry on the true tradition of the apostolic church as well and has evolved into a distinctive branch of Christianity throughout the years. The Catholic Church is also a part of an entire subculture of Catholicism that has
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A History Christianity Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi A History of the Catholic Church from Its Beginning to the End of the Sixteenth Century As both its critics and its champions would probably agree‚ Roman Catholicism has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. There are more Roman Catholics in the world than there are believers of any other religious tradition--not merely more Roman Catholics than all other Christians combined‚ but more Roman Catholics
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Since the days of Peter the Great‚ the Russian Orthodox Church was directed by a religious governing body known as the Holy Synod. Representatives of the Holy Synod were appointed by the tsar; however‚ Tsar Nicholas II ruled terribly that the Orthodox leaders encouraged the revolution. For years‚ the Russian Orthodox Church had a continuous relationship with the tsars and opposition to the liberals. The Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they
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Leadership Structure for Church Ministry By Geraldine Rowe A Paper Presented to Professor Dr. Epps In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For Research for Scholarly Writing College of Biblical Studies Houston‚ Texas October 14‚ 2010 Leadership Structure for Church Ministry The local church has not exhibited consistent patterns of lay leadership. Most denominations articulate the Reformation principle of a universal priesthood‚ while vacillating with changing times
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The Rise of the Church The early Church father help brought order and structure to the church in many ways. There were three Church Fathers who helped the Rise of the Church‚ they were Augustine‚ Ambrose‚ and Jerome. These great men was responsible for the habitual doing‚ beliefs‚ and doctrine of the early Church during this time period‚ around 500 AD‚ (Babcock 2011 p.139). First‚ Augustine was considered the most important of three men at this time of early Church Fathers. Augustine was
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