Minister Christianity - Priests/Vicars. The Roman Catholic, Orthodox churches and some Anglican or Episcopal churches refer to their ordained clergy as priests and bishops. Minister is not a title used by the ordained clergy (e.g. priests) nor is it a form of address for them (see Catholic minister). The term rector (from the Latin word for ruler) or vicar may be used for priests in certain settings, especially in the Anglican and Episcopal traditions. A rector is considered higher in rank than a vicar but lower than a bishop. In the Roman Catholic tradit ...

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In the majority of churches ordained ministers are titled Reverend, however as above some use the term pastor and others do not use any specific form of address, in which case it would be Mr, Ms, Miss or Mrs as the case may be. Minister Christianity - Anglican Churches. In Anglican Churches the form address depends on the office the person holds: A priest is referred to as Reverend or in High Church or Anglo-Catholic circles as Father; Bishops and archbishops are addressed as Your Grace or My Lord. See also:

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John Brown - Scotsmen. John Brown (1826-1883) — the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria John Brown (1715-1766) — a Scottish clergyman and essayist John Brown (1722-1787) — a Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator John Brown (1784-1858) — a Scottish clergyman and writer John Brown (1735-1788) — a Scottish physician who developed his own medical "system" John Brown (1810-1882) — a Scottish physician and essayist John Brown — teacher of astronomy in Scotland. < ...

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Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury on an unknown date sometime in July of 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Her parents were Francis Marbury (1555-1611), a clergyman, and Bridget Dryden (1563-1645). At the age of 21, she married William Hutchinson. They were part of the Puritan movement, especially following the teachings of John Cotton. ...

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Marshall grew up in the London suburb of Clapham and was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he demonstrated an aptitude in mathematics, achieving the rank of senior wrangler on the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. Although he wanted early on, at the behest of his father, to become a clergyman, his success at Cambridge University led him to take an academic career. He became a professor in 1868 specializing in political economy. He desired to improve the mathematical rigor of economics and transform ...

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In the early 19th century many such theories were produced by scientists looking to explain developments in geology but opposed to what they saw as atheistic Lamarckian evolution, disreputably associated with the French Revolution and radical democratic agitators, although the term "creationism" would not be coined until the late 19th century. In the early 1830s the geologist and clergyman Sir Charles Lyell set out a gradualist theory in which each species was sequentially produced in its "centre of creation" and was designed for the habitat ...

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In some abbeys, there also was a prior, but as the deputy of the Abbot. Other congregations may have independent priories that depend in no way on an abbey, and may even have been founded independently. Furthermore, a priory (or priorate) can be part of a military order that is headed by a knight, styled prior but more often a warrior or administrator than a member, and usually not a clergyman (often ...

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By the law of England a marriage was recognized as valid if each spouse had simply expressed (to each other) an unconditional consent their marriage. No particular words were necessary; no clergyman need by present; no witnesses were required. Most people married in church, however, since the church desired it, and the family and friends expected it. Vows could be exchanged by a boy as young as 14 and a girl as young as 12; the church ex ...

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In Eastern Orthodoxy, the laicization of a clergyman or monk, tied to the infringement of a sacred vow or unrepentant heresy, goes hand in hand with an anathema. In such cases, this not only defrocks the former cleric but also banishes him from entering a holy shrine (Orthodox one most commonly), receiving the Eucharist or being blessed by a priest. Laicization may also be at the result of request of the one being thus removed from holy orders. In such a case, the man remains in good standing with the Church but is no longer is a cleric or monk. Orthodox doctrine ...

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In Eastern Orthodoxy, the laicization of a clergyman or monk, tied to the infringement of a sacred vow or unrepentant heresy, goes hand-in-hand with an anathema. In such cases, this not only defrocks the former cleric but also banishes him from entering a holy shrine (Orthodox one most commonly), receiving the Eucharist or being blessed by a priest. Laicization may also be at the result of request of the one being thus removed from holy orders. In such a case, the man remains in good standing with the Church but is no longer is a cleric or monk. Orthodox doctrine ...

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His family had been in America since 1632, and his father, Aaron Bancroft, was distinguished as a revolutionary soldier, clergyman and author. George was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, at Harvard University, at Heidelberg, Göttingen and Berlin. At Göttingen he studied Plato with Heeren, New Testament Greek with Eichhorn and natural science with Blumenbach. Having entered Harvard College at th ...

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Because few people are famous only for drinking heavily, there are relatively few historical figures who inform the stereotype of the town drunk. However, Mad Jack Mytton and his antics would appear to be a historical example. Mytton is an example of one variation on the character, the drunken aristocrat; another example, more frequently found in British humour than American, is the drunken clergyman. American humor, by contrast, is likely to produce a drunken politician, from a local mayor to a Senator --- as in, for example, the ending of ...

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Versions of the story are legion. According to some, the story is originally Dutch, while others claim it is based on the English play The Flying Dutchman (1826) by Edward Fitzball and the novel The Phantom Ship (1837) by Frederick Marryat, later adapted into the Dutch story Het Vliegend Schip (The Flying Ship) by the Dutch clergyman A.H.C. Römer. Other versions include the opera by Richard Wagner (1841) and The Flying Dutchman ...

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In the movie Dogma (directed by Kevin Smith), a fallen angel named Loki explains his theory that the poem is really an indictment of organized religion (despite Carroll being an Anglican clergyman): The good natured Walrus either represents Buddha, or (since he has tusks) the Hindu elephant god Ganesha, and the Carpenter is an obvious reference to Jesus. They eat the innocent oysters, which represent the masses under the sway of religion. It should be noted the movie is satirical, and this interpretation, although valid, is presented by a character who specifical ...

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He was born in Annapolis, Maryland. His father, Rev Henry Lyon Davis (1775-1836), was a prominent Protestant Episcopal clergyman of Maryland, and for some years president of St Johns College at Annapolis. The son graduated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1837, and from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1841, and began the practice of law in Alexandria, Virginia, but in 1850 removed to B ...

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He was born in Stockbridge, Mass., the son of David Dudley Field, a clergyman. At 15 years of age, he abandoned the idea of a college education and moved to New York City, after three years he returned to Stockbridge, then removed to New York City at about 20 years of age. Profits from his business ventures permitted him to retire at the age of 33 with a fortune of $250,000. A meeting with Frederick N. Gisborne, a Canadian electrical engineer who was in New York City attempting to interest capitalists in an undertaking to construct an ...

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All clergy are in theory appointed by the crown. Indeed no clergyman can be inducted into a parish without the reading of the royal warrant. For practical purposes parish clergy are appointed by the bishops. The process of appointing diocesan bishops is more complex, and is handled by a body called the Crown Nominations Committee, which submits names to the Prime Minister (acting on behalf of the Crown) for consideration. This process is described in the ...

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A Tale of a Tub is divided between various forms of digression and sections of a "tale." The "tale," or narrative, is an allegory that concerns the adventures of three brothers, Peter, Martin, and Jack, as they attempt to make their way in the world. Each of the brothers represents one of the primary branches of Christianity in the west. This part of the book is a pun on "tub," which Alexander Pope says was a common term for a pulpit, and a reference to Swift's own position as a clergyman. Peter (named for Saint Peter) stands in for t ...

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June 6 - 1236 to 1899. 1236 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) 1436 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476) 1502 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) 1519 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603) 1542 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591) 1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) 1576 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (d. 1649) 1580 - Gode ...

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Attributed to French clergyman Alexandre de Bernay (also known as Alexandre de Pâris), the Roman d'Alexandre (Li romans d'Alixandre) is based on the translations of various episodes of the conqueror's life as composed by previous poets (Lambert de Tort, Eustache and more importantly Albéric of Besancon). Unlike other authors of the era who undertook the Alexander saga, he did not base his work on the Pseudo-Callisthenes or on the various translations of Julius Valerius's work. As is common in medieval literature, the project ...

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He continued to live in Corpus Christi College and in 1824 he became president of the Geological Society of London. Here he announced the discovery at Stonesfield of fossil bones of a giant reptile which he named Megalosaurus (great lizard) and wrote the first full account of what would later be called a dinosaur. In 1825 he resigned his college fellowship to take up the living (post as a clergyman) of Stoke Charity in Hampshire, but before he could take up the appointment he was made a Canon of Christ Church, a rich reward for ...

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October 6 - 1289 to 1899. 1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) 1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) 1510 - Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) 1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610) 1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) 1610 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) 1716 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Hali ...

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