Sentences with word «diaconal»

When the various mission churches came together, the governing polity was episcopal — in a society that did not nave much experience in democracy at the congregational level, in presbyterial collegiality at the regional level, or in diaconal services to the neighbor anywhere.

Mr Farrell - Roberts is Course Director of the BA (Hons) Applied Theology Diaconal Ministry programme at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham.

Diaconal service of the Body of Christ is movingly illustrated by reference to the ministrations of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus on Calvary.

Diaconal Ministers grew out of the Catholic understanding of deacons / deaconesses.

I am a rostered Diaconal Minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

This is distinct from a priestly or diaconal existence.

Reza diaconal strangled, although their siestas forages repaired cobblestones.

I felt called to Diaconal Ministry because I saw how my mom was treated when I was growing up.

Today, we accept, sometimes even admire, communes, divorcées, and spinsters — and make provision for them in our laws of taxation, property, and zoning as well as in our pastoral, diaconal, and pedagogical ministries.

(2) «the unity of the sacrament of Holy Orders, in the clear distinction between the ministries of Bishops and Priests on the one hand and the Diaconal ministry on the other,» is strongly underlined by ecclesial Tradition, especially in the teaching of Vatican II and the post-conciliar Magisterium.

Thus, while it would be «episcopal» in the sense of joining together those from every participating body who represented the reality and continuity of apostolic faith, ministry and sacraments in that body, the council should include representatives of all participating ministries: presbyteral, diaconal and lay.

In this year's speech to the Curia, delivered on December 21, Francis taught at length about the diaconal dimension of the Curia.

A Diaconal Approach to Indian Ecclesiology.

The focus of my diaconal ministry is the environment: creation care, environmental justice, and the way we connect with God through God's creation.