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consecrated deaconesses; in Methodism, the male
equivalent to
female deaconesses are Home Missioners. The
oldest reference to
women as
deaconesses occurs in...
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presbyteral ministry is
commonly termed in the
Methodist Church), a
number of
deaconesses transferred and
recruitment for the WDO
ceased from 1978. The 1986 Methodist...
- A
cathedral is a
church that
contains the
cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus
serving as the
central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate...
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restored the "ancient
order of
deaconesses" with
Elizabeth Ferard by the
laying on of hands.
Women were
ordained deaconesses by the
Bishop of
Alabama (in...
- St. Andrew's
Church is a
historic Presbyterian church located at the
corner of King
Street West and
Simcoe Street in the city's
downtown core of Toronto...
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elders and deacons, to
consecrate diaconal ministers, to
commission deaconesses and home missionaries, and to see that the
names of the
persons commissioned...
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orders and
religious congregations; for hermits,
consecrated virgins, and
deaconesses.
Judaism and
Islam have
denounced celibacy, as both
religions emphasize...
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children are grown. Only men are
allowed to
receive holy orders,
although deaconesses had both
liturgical and
pastoral functions within the church. In 2016...
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soldiers or
holding political office, and
restricted from
serving as
deaconesses in the
Church from the 7th
century (until a full ban
likely in the 11th...
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children are grown. Only men are
allowed to
receive holy orders,
although deaconesses historically had both
liturgical and
pastoral functions within the church...
