Not exact matches
The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole
Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down
in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman
Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it
clear that the Pope's
authority as the Roman
Church understands it is derived from Christ's.
This transition was particularly
clear in Book Ten where Constantine grants
authority over cities and regions to
church leaders, giving them many buildings and constructing numerous
churches.
Senior German churchmen have made
clear that they believe something different from what's
in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church, whether the issue is the nature of marriage, the ethics of human love, the character of the Holy Eucharist and the priesthood, the
authority of revelation, or the enduring effects of baptism.
It was customary among the Reformers themselves to speak of a «valid» ministry as one
in which «the pure Word of God is preached and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance» (to quote the Anglican Thirty - nine Articles, which are paralleled
in other and similar «confessions»); and the history of the ministry
in the Christian
Church as a whole makes it abundantly
clear that «
authority to preach the Word of God,» or the right to «dispense the Word of God,» or the giving to the candidate of the
Church's recognition and
authority to be «preacher of the Gospel» — all these are more or less synonymous phrases — has been an integral part of ordination.
As the Catechism of the Catholic
Church makes
clear: «The natural law, present
in the heart of each man and established by reason, is universal
in its precepts and its
authority extends to all men» (1956).
I steer well
clear of
churches which talk about leadership
in terms of
authority.
In those periods when
clear - cut ideas of the ministry prevailed pastors and people were relatively agreed on the acceptable answer to the question: By what
authority do you do these things, i.e., preach, care for souls, preside over the
church and administer the sacraments?
I read this article by charisma magazine which i thought was well written which is pro Women preaching http://www.charismamag.com/blogs/fire-
in-my-bones/16851-why-i-defend-women-preachers This debate is an on going one John Piper who i respect as a bible preacher believes that scripture is
clear women shouldnt have
authority over men or teach
in the
church some go as far as saying women shouldnt preach
in sunday school if the classes are mixed.Personally i think times are changing and i say that because i have a women manager she has
authority over me and other men so if we follow the biblical example i shouldnt allow myself to be
in that situation which is just crazy thinking.
But it should be
clear now that whatever good speaking terms we might be on with the British government and media, they are on the whole not interested
in anything less than the complete discrediting of the Catholic
Church's claims to divine
authority.
Indeed, the Illinois Supreme Court overlooked the
clear substantive canonical violations for which the
Church disciplined Dionisije, violations based on Dionisije's conceded open defiance and rebellion against the church hierarchy immediately after the Holy Assembly's decision to suspend him (a decision which even the Illinois courts deemed to be proper) and Dionisije's decision to litigate the Mother Church's authority in the civil courts rather than participate in the disciplinary proceedings before the Holy Synod and the Holy Ass
Church disciplined Dionisije, violations based on Dionisije's conceded open defiance and rebellion against the
church hierarchy immediately after the Holy Assembly's decision to suspend him (a decision which even the Illinois courts deemed to be proper) and Dionisije's decision to litigate the Mother Church's authority in the civil courts rather than participate in the disciplinary proceedings before the Holy Synod and the Holy Ass
church hierarchy immediately after the Holy Assembly's decision to suspend him (a decision which even the Illinois courts deemed to be proper) and Dionisije's decision to litigate the Mother
Church's authority in the civil courts rather than participate in the disciplinary proceedings before the Holy Synod and the Holy Ass
Church's
authority in the civil courts rather than participate
in the disciplinary proceedings before the Holy Synod and the Holy Assembly.