Sentences with phrase «in 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.

Similarly, women may be involved in diaconal tasks and non-authoritative teaching functions outside the worship context (Rom.

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

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

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

It was he who assigned the now traditional seven deacons to seven diaconal regions of the city to carry out, from recognized bases, their diaconal ministry and administration.100 We are fortunate in having from the period just before and just after the pontificate of Fabian in Rome and that of Cyprian in Carthage, three other important descriptions of the corporate ministry of the churches around the middle of the third century: a factual account, a legal codification (the Syrian Didascalia), and a vivid metaphor.