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Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Judges
Generally judges in the Family and Chancery divisions of the courts wear the same black silk gown as QCs, as do judges in the Court of Ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia - Deacon
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia - Court Dress
Court dress comprises two forms of dress: dress prescribed for Royal courts; and dress prescribed for courts of law. This article deals p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choir Dress: Encyclopedia - Choir Dress
Choir dress is the vestiture of the clerics, seminarians and religous of traditional churches worn for public prayer apart from the eucha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy
The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford - Graduate Dress
See also Degrees of Oxford University. Academic dress of the University of Oxford - BA and MA. The two most common graduate gowns in Ox...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reader Minor Orders: Encyclopedia Ii - Reader Minor Orders - Roman Catholicism
In the Roman Catholic Church, the reader is known in Latin as a lector and is not permitted to read the Gospel during the Mass. The readi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - The Controversy During The Reign Of Elizabeth I
With the accession of the new queen, many Marian exiles hoped for further reform upon their return to England and for the final removal o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choir Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Choir Dress - Roman Catholic Choir Dress
Choir dress in the Roman Catholic Church is worn when attending a liturgy that is not the Mass, especially the liturgy of the hours, or, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St. John: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St. John - The Order In The United Kingdom
Order of St. John - Composition. The British Sovereign is the Sovereign of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the United Kingdom. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Court Dress In The United Kingdom
Court dress - Where court dress is worn. Court dress is worn at hearings in open court in all courts of the Supreme Court of Judicature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Commonwealth
Court dress in many jurisdictions in Commonwealth realms such as Australia and the Caribbean is identical to English court dress. Many Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Advocates
English advocates (whether barristers or solicitors) who appear before a judge who is robed must themselves be robed. Court dress - Juni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Scotland
Scottish court dress is very similar to English court dress, but there are notable differences. For example, Scottish advocates wear morn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Protestantism
The diaconate is also an office in many Protestant denominations. In United Methodism, it is one of two ordained clergy offices, the othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford - Components Of Oxford Academic Dress
Academic dress of the University of Oxford - Gowns. The gowns in use in Oxford can be divided into two basic shapes. All gowns are open...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Church Of Christ
The role of deacons in this church is also widely varied. Generally they are put in control of various programs of a congregation. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford - Student Dress
Academic dress of the University of Oxford - Undergraduates. Commoners (i.e. those without a scholarship or exhibition) wear a short bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St. John: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St. John - Alliance Of Orders Of St John Of Jerusalem
The "Alliance of the Orders of St. John" consists of the British Order and three other primarily Protestant orders: Der Johanniterorden ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St. John: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St. John - The History Of The Order Of St John
In June 1826, the Council of the French Langues, which was an unofficial revival of the Order of Malta in France, sought to raise money b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford - When Academic Dress Is Worn
Academic dress is still worn very often in Oxford, and every undergraduate goes in his or her first week to buy a gown, cap and white bow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - The Controversy During The Reign Of Edward Vi
A Henrician exile, on his return to England in 1549 from the churches in Zurich that had been reformed by Zwingli and Bullinger in a high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - United States
Formal court dress is a relative rarity in the USA. Generally, judges of both state and federal courts are free to select their own court...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Reform
A court dress consultation was conducted in 2003, but the results have never been published and it is widely seen has having been "kicked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Dress - Special Occasions
On Red Letter Days (which include the Sovereign's birthday and certain saints' days) all judges wear the scarlet robe for the appropriate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Protestantism
The diaconate is also an office in many Protestant denominations. In United Methodism, it is one of two ordained clergy offices, the othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Church Of Christ
The role of deacons in this church is also widely varied. Generally they are put in control of various programs of a congregation. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - Sources
Vestments controversy - Primary. Digital facsimiles of many of the primary sources listed in this entry can be accessed through Early E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - The Emergence Of Separatism And Presbyterianism
In the summer and fall of 1566, conformists and nonconformists exchanged letters with continental reformers. The nonconformists looked to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - Vestments Among The Marian Exiles
In the controversy among the Marian exiles, principally those in Frankfurt, church order and liturgy were the main issues of contention, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reader Minor Orders: Encyclopedia Ii - Reader Minor Orders - Orthodoxy
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Reader (in Greek, anagnostis) is the second highest of the minor orders of clergy. This order is high...   » Read the article