Sentences with phrase «served as the bishop»

Don Fletcher, an ophthalmologist, said that when he was called last month to serve as the bishop and leader of the Bay Ward he wanted to make sure every Latter - day Saint in his ward knew they were welcome, including the vast majority who weren't showing up.

In this work we were guided by two senior theologians, Dr. J. I. Packer, an irenic champion of unitive evangelicalism, and Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., the first U.S. - born theologian to be made a Catholic cardinal without having served as a bishop.

Athanasius served as the bishop of Alexandria in Egypt.

Before being elected presiding Bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod from 1995 to 2001 and before that as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Edina Community Lutheran Church, and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis.

As the battle lines approached Hippo, where St. Augustine had long served as bishop, he traveled to the front lines where the Roman army was facing the barbarian invaders.

Well Willard that brings me to another question if Romney also served as a bishop while being governor, how did he infuse his church doctrine into public office?

Not long ago, Pope Benedict XVI made a personal donation to the restoration of the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, the site of the ancient town of Hippo Regius, where the greatest theologian of the ancient church served as bishop from 395 to 430.

Mullally has a background in nursing, and is currently serving as bishop of Crediton.

Not exact matches

The arrangement of allowing a Jerusalem cleric to serve the parish while commemorating the Antiochian bishop worked fine until March 2013, when Jerusalem decided to consecrate its priest in Qatar as the «Archbishop of Qatar.»

Elaine Pagels, among others, has argued that the success of the affirmation of a bodily resurrection was due to the way it functioned in the early Church, as it served to legitimate the authority of a narrow circle of bishops.

It's high time the Catholic Church embraced the 21st century with regard to women's reproductive rights and women's rightful place in the church, such as serving as priests and bishops.

Whether the charism extends to bureaucracies that presumably serve the bishops» as the USCC is designed to be the practical arm of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCH)» is yet another qubishops» as the USCC is designed to be the practical arm of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCH)» is yet another quBishops (NCCH)» is yet another question.

His Confessions serve as an artful self - presentation designed to bring readers to see the truth about God and our journey to him, not the life - in - full of a North African rhetorician on his way to becoming a bishop.

One bishop, in his self - serving statement of resignation after an unsavory incident with a teenage boy was revealed, went so far as to suggest that his problem was that he was a particularly caring and intelligent person who was attuned to the latest thinking about matters sexual.

Best thing the Episcopal Church did in America was to allow women to serve as Priest and Bishops.

The bishops have Pajeros, the educated laymen are frustrated and drop out of church life, and the poor Christians are left to serve as sweepers.

Men and women in same - sex unions were already allowed to serve as priests in the Church of England, but there was a moratorium on advancement to the episcopate - becoming a bishop - while the church considered the issue.

The ministry of episkopé continued this eucharistic focus, as bishops began to serve among the congregations, unifying the Eucharist of the local communities and that of the universal church.

According to Eusebius of Caesarea in the Ecclesiastical History, he served as the first bishop of Crete.

What's more, Bennett said that when Romney served as their congregation's bishop — the equivalent of an unpaid pastor — it wasn't uncommon for the two friends to fast more than once a month.

The bishop, who has served in the post in New Hampshire since early 2004, said he is energized about his next two years of ministry and support of clergy and congregations as the process of naming his successor moves forward.

In 595, John had assumed the auspicious title of Universal Bishop, which Gregory thought to be self - serving and regrettable.8 In order to demonstrate his own response Gregory publicly defined the role of the Roman bishop as the servant of the servants of God (servus servorum domini), a term that thereafter was used to describe the heart of papal authority and one which has been thereafter always associated with the Gregorian political imagination.

The bishops don't have this problem; it's time that they took some responsibility for their people, as they are supposed to be pastors, or shepherds of them, and they are supposed to serve them, towel in hand.

The Archbishop of Cracow, named Adam Sapieha, served as a spokesman for all the Polish bishops and made repeated representations to the administration of the General Government in order to obtain alleviations.

He serves as a consultant to the Bishops» Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

I served as an official in the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops for ten years.

Can anyone imagine one of the twenty or so past presidents of the Catholic Theological Society of America serving as trusted advisors for bishops today?

Sometimes, as we have seen, the term «elder» seems to be used interchangeably with «bishop;» sometimes it would appear that the «presbytery» included both elders who supervised and elders who served, that is, both «bishops» and «deacons.»

Having served as a member of the National Review Board established by the bishops in the wake of the 2002 crisis, Cafardi does not write to point blame.

He has also served as a consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops» Committee on Science and Human Values.

About Site - David T. Roller served for 17 years as a Free Methodist missionary in Mexico, then for 10 years as Latin America Area Director for Free Methodist World Missions and in July of 2007 was elected a bishop of the Free Methodist Church of North America.

Seehof Palace was built in 1686 and served as the summer residence for Bamberg's Prince Bishops, designed by Antonio Petrini, famous for his Franconian Baroque architecture.

Houston, TX About Blog Scott Jameson Jones currently serves as the resident bishop of the Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church with offices in Houston.

Built within a 16th - century palace, the hotel once served as accommodations for Polish primates, or bishops.

Lyons, who also served three years as the parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Parish, will remain a priest and attend to the daily operations of the diocese until a bishop is appointed, a press release from the diocesan offices said Saturday.

Houston, TX About Blog Scott Jameson Jones currently serves as the resident bishop of the Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church with offices in Houston.

About Blog David T. Roller served for 17 years as a Free Methodist missionary in Mexico, then for 10 years as Latin America Area Director for Free Methodist World Missions and in July of 2007 was elected a bishop of the Free Methodist Church of North America.