Christian leaders

The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. Abbot - Origins. The title had its origin in the monasteries of Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery. Originally, the word, meaning father, was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palatinus ('of the palace') and Abbas castrensis ('of t ...

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• Abbot - Origins
• Abbot - Monastic History
• Abbot - General Information
• Abbot - Abbatial hierarchy
• Abbot - Modern Abbots not as Superior
• Abbot - Protestantism
• Abbot - Sources and References

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The Reverend David Wilkerson is an American Christian evangelist. He is also the founder of Times Square Church in New York, an interdenominational church. Wilkerson's sermons are known for being direct and frank. He emphasizes Christian beliefs, such as: God's holiness and righteousness, God's love towards humans and especially Christian views of Jesus. Wilkerson tries to avoid categorizing Christians into distinct groups according to the parish they belong to, and as such he is considered by m ...

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• David Wilkerson - David Wilkerson's Life
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Aiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 - May 12, 1963) was an American Protestant pastor, preacher, author, magazine editor, Bible conference speaker, and spiritual mentor. For his untiring work, he received two honorary doctorates. Born in La Jose (now Newburg), a tiny farming community in western Pennsylvania, his conversion experience was as a teenager in Akron, Ohio. While on his way home from work at a tire company, he overheard a street preacher say: "If you don't know how to be saved... just call on God." Upon returning home, he ...

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• Aiden Wilson Tozer - Quotes from Tozer:

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• Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism
• Deacon - Anglican
• Deacon - Eastern Orthodoxy
• Deacon - Roman Catholicism
• Deacon - Protestantism
• Deacon - Mormonism
• Deacon - Church of Christ
• Deacon - References Church of Christ
• Deacon - Cognates

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The title confessor is used in the Christian Church in two separate ways. It denotes any priest who has been granted the authority to hear confessions It is also used for a male saint who is not categorized in another category: martyr, apostle, or evangelist. Initially for a saint to be granted the title "confessor" he would have had to undergo persecution and torture (but not the resulting death required for martyrdom), however, as Christianity emerged as the dominant religion in Europe, persecutions became much less co ...

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His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia is the head of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church. The Catholicos-Patriarch is also Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and head of the Holy Synod. His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II has been Catholicos-Patriarch since 1977. Catholicos-Patriarch has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010-1030). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into ...

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• Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - List of Catholicos Patriarchs of All Gerogia
• Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Archbishops of Mtskheta 335-467
• Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Catholicoses of Iberia 467-1010
• Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Catholicos-Patriarchs of the Georgian Orthodox Church 1010-1811
• Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia 1917-present

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Ming-Dao Wang (or Wang Ming-Dao as spoken in Chinese) (王明道, 1900-1991) was born in Beijing and is considered an outspoken fundamentalist in Chinese Christian church theology. He always took the opportunity to point out or criticize any shortcomings of the Chinese church and society. One of his personalities was that he strongly opposed any evils or injustices that occurred in Chinese society and he strongly emphasized that Chinese Christians should live a holy life. He also believed that, other than reading ...

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Watchman Nee (倪柝聲 pinyin: Ní Tuòshēng;, 1903-1972) was a citizen of the People's Republic of China who became a Christian in 1920 at the age of 17 and began writing in the same year. In 1921, he met the British missionary M. E. Barber, who was a great influence on him. Through Miss Barber, Nee was introduced to many of the Christian writings which were to have a profound influence on him and his teachings. In 1928, Watchman Nee settled in Shanghai where he based his own speaking and publication work, the Shanghai Go ...

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Charles Buell Anderson, born ca. 1926, is the controversial founder and head of the organization currently known as Endeavor Academy, which also operates under the name "New Christian Church of Full Endeavor." The headquarters for his organization is located in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA. Endeavor Academy is a spiritual residential community/school that incorporates many aspects of the spiritual teachings known as A Course In Miracles (or ACIM). Anderson has a policy of seldom granting personal interviews. One of the results of t ...

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• Charles Buell Anderson - Anderson's experience at ground-zero of Nagasaki and early adult life
• Charles Buell Anderson - Two more 'uncommon spiritual experiences'
• Charles Buell Anderson - An experience of forgiveness
• Charles Buell Anderson - An experience of being 'gutted'
• Charles Buell Anderson - Beginnings of a student organization
• Charles Buell Anderson - Early teachings
• Charles Buell Anderson - Comparison of teachings to ACIM teachings
• Charles Buell Anderson - Founding of international centers
• Charles Buell Anderson - Reports of former students
• Charles Buell Anderson - Hailed for removing ACIM copyrights
• Charles Buell Anderson - Footnotes

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Pontiff is a title of certain religious leaders. It comes from the Latin word pontifex, which literally means bridge-maker. It could therefore be construed to mean a bridge between God and humanity. Pontiffs were men on the highest council of priests in ancient Rome, called the College of Pontiffs, and the Pontifex Maximus was the highest religious figure. Today this term still refers to the highest religious authority in Rome, the Pope. Sometimes the Pope is called the Supreme Pontiff and other bishops of ...

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The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). Unlike the Archbishops of Canterbury and York -- who are appointed by the Queen upon the advice of the Prime Minister -- the Archbishop of Wales is one of the six diocesan bishops of Wales, chosen by his colleagues to h ...

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• Archbishop of Wales - Archbishops of Wales 1920-present

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Primate (from the Latin Primus, "first") is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority (title of authority) or ceremonial precedence (title of honor). Primate religion - Orthodox Christianity. In the Orthodox churches, Primate is often used in the general sense of the head of an autocephalous or autonomous church, but not as a specific title. Thus, the Patriarch of Moscow and All R ...

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• Primate religion - Orthodox Christianity
• Primate religion - Anglican Communion
• Primate religion - Roman Catholic Church
• Primate religion - Regular equivalent
• Primate religion - Sources and References

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Gish, a twin, was born in White City, Kansas, the youngest of nine children. He received a BS degree from UCLA in 1949 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1953. He is the author of several books and articles espousing the tenets of creationism. Gish was an Assistant Research Associate at Berkeley, and an Assistant Professor at Cornell University Medical College, before joining the Upjohn Company as a Research Associate in 1960. According to Sidney W. Fox: Duane Gish has scientific cr ...

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Duane Gish, Duane Gish - Biography, Duane Gish - Debates, Duane Gish - Bibliography, Duane Gish - Selected books by Gish, Duane Gish - Notes

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The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The other two offices are those of priest and of bishop. In Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, deacons assist priests in their pastoral and administrative duties, but report directly to the bishop. They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to read the Gospel and assist in the ...

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An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, "a father", through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or archimandrite. The English version for a female monastic head is abbess. In Egypt, the first home of monasticism, the jurisdiction of the abbot, or archimandrite, was but loosely defined. Sometimes he ruled over o ...

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Abbot, Abbot - Origins, Abbot - Monastic History, Abbot - General Information, Abbot - Abbatial hierarchy, Abbot - Modern Abbots not as Superior, Abbot - Protestantism, Abbot - Sources and References

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According to Anderson’s Forgiveness Week Invitation 1, at the age of seventeen he joined the Marines, and in 1945 with the Marines 6th Regiment, Anderson was one of the first to land at Nagasaki after the atomic bombing of that city. Faced with the vast and overwhelming level of devastation he witnessed at Nagasaki, Anderson has described experiencing a certain uncommon spiritual experience. Anderson described this uncommon spiritual experience, which occurred to him as ...

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Charles Buell Anderson, Charles Buell Anderson - Anderson's experience at ground-zero of Nagasaki and early adult life, Charles Buell Anderson - Two more 'uncommon spiritual experiences', Charles Buell Anderson - An experience of forgiveness, Charles Buell Anderson - An experience of being 'gutted', Charles Buell Anderson - Beginnings of a student organization, Charles Buell Anderson - Early teachings, Charles Buell Anderson - Comparison of teachings to ACIM teachings, Charles Buell Anderson - Founding of international centers, Charles Buell Anderson - Reports of former students, Charles Buell Anderson - Hailed for removing ACIM copyrights, Charles Buell Anderson - Footnotes

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Reverend Wilkerson served as pastor in small churches in Scottsdale and Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, until he saw a photograph in Life magazine of several New York City teenagers charged with murder. As he felt the Holy Ghost to move him with compassion, he was drawn to New York in February 1958. It was then that he began his street ministry to underprivileged inner-city youth. David Wilkerson is well-known for these early years of his ministry to young drug addicts and gang members in New York City in the 1950's and 1960's. During that ...

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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Archbishops of Mtskheta 335-467. Ioane I 335-363 Iakobi 363-375 Iobi 375-390 Elia I 390-400 Svimeon I 400-410 Mose 410-425 Iona 425-429 Ieremia 429-433 Grigol I 433-434 Vasili I 434-436 Glonakor 436-448 Iovel I 448-452 Mikael I 452-467 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Catholicoses of Iberia 467-1010. Petre I 46 ...

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The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The other two offices are those of priest and of bishop. In Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, deacons assist priests in their pastoral and administrative duties, but report directly to the bishop. They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to read the Gospel and assist in the ...

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*Note: Dimitrije Pavlovic was Metropolitan of Belgrade from 1905-1930, but Patriarch of Serbia from 1920-1930. ...

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Patriarch of Serbia, Patriarch of Serbia - List of all Head Serbian Metropolitans and Patriarchs 1219-present, Patriarch of Serbia - External link

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