The word “pastor” comes from a Latin word which means shepherd. The New Testament presents two offices that constitute church leadership—elder/overseer and deacon. Paul lists the qualifications for elder/overseer in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. Notice that in the 1 Timothy passage‚ Paul refers to them as overseers (episcopos in the Greek) and in Titus he refers to them as elders (presbuteros in Greek). From this it can be concluded that there is one office with different designations. The word
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* Early Medieval Europe Founding of the Church * 2. Introduction: The Roots (This Series) Judaism Greece Rome Christianity and Christ Himself The Early Theologians * 3. Introduction: Fluorescence (The Next Series) Dark Ages Feudalism The Sociopolitical Structure Eve of the Renaissance * 4. Roots of Medieval Era: Judaism of Abraham Hebrews: a population in the city of Ur in Sumeria The word is derived from Greek biblia‚ which means “book‚” hence “People of the Book” Abraham was said
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Guilds played an important role in the Medieval towns. A guild would make sure that anything that was made was made with good quality and sold for a decent price. Being a guild in the Medieval society was an honor because it meant you were a skilled worker and had respect for society. Some of the guilds would check on other members to make sure their work was up to standards. Guilds who got caught cheating the public were made to work at their own cost‚ but the worst punishment would be expelled
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The Late Medieval Ages are characterized as a series of events occurring concurrently that expressed a crisis of the symbol of security pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. The Medieval Church had total control over the people who‚ regardless of social standing‚ believed in the existence of God‚ heaven‚ and hell. According to the document Lindberg provided‚ the people were instructed from an early age that only through the Roman Catholic Church were they allowed to be received into the light
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The Medieval times and the Renaissance each had their separate views of humanism. The Renaissance rejected all beliefs and ideas that the Medieval times had developed. Medieval times thought that the human body and individualism were sinful while Renaissance thinkers said that individualism should be glorified. The main complaints made against the church were corruption and hypocrisy within the clergy. These complaints reflected the Renaissance ideas of individualism in that the clergy thought that
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The Knights role in Medieval Times centered around enhancing their knightly skills in the use of weapons‚ horsemanship and medieval warfare. The Medieval Knights Armor was extremely expensive to produce. It had to be tailor-made to fit the Knight exactly or the Knight ran the risk of an ill-fitting suit of armor hampering him in battle. A Medieval Knight’s Armor was a complex series of garments‚ chain mail‚ and iron plate. The warhorse‚ often a destroyer‚ was favored by the Knight on a horse. The
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The role and power of the Church in Europe has been evolving since Constantine made it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Many councils‚ schisms‚ and edicts have come and gone. For most of Medieval Europe‚ the Catholic Church was the final authority over their lives. Its rules were final and were to be carried out under punishment of possible excommunication from the church. It was the men of this period that mostly controlled the politics and power structure of Europe. The pope‚ the bishops
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The role that women play in Church has always been a misunderstood and heavily scrutinized issue within the church. These negative thoughts may be attributed to the bible’s own scriptures in regards to women. It is widely believed that men are natural born leaders‚ as that is the way God made them‚ but modern society has shown us that women can be just as successful in leading‚ if not more so. Today women serve as positive leaders in politics‚ business‚ law and even in some churches as of lately
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Short Essay 3 Short Essay on the Role of Women in the Church The issue of gender roles has been one throughout history and continues in today’s society not only in the church‚ but all aspects of life. So often there are only two extremes posed as options for women in society: either overly powerful feminists or silenced secondary humans. While the Bible gives us the true example and guide as to gender roles‚ it is rarely lived out and declared as truth. Two key roles in a congregation are that of
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illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However‚ while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government‚ the church became corrupt -- this corruption also led to a more crooked society. Nevertheless‚ there is no such thing as just church history; This is because the church can never be studied in isolation‚ simply because it has always related to the social‚ economic and political context of the day. In history then‚ there is a two way process where the church has an influence
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