Chapter 7 Vocabulary

excommunication

The Roman Catholic Church in 1500 had lost much of its integrity. The involvement with the Italian War had dragged the papacy into disrepute; popes were more interested in politics than piety; and the sale of Indulgences was clearly only for the Church’s financial gain.

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other.

Basically, the grounds for excommunication is this: You have committed a grave offense that caused you to be spiritually separated from the Church and the community of the faithful. You have left the Church on your own accord by committing the offense. (But remember, excommunication offers a way to go back!)

A canonical penalty is defined as a punishment imposed by the church, which could include purgatory or excommunication. Catholic church laws are outlined in the Code of Canon law, a system of laws for regulation within the church.

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Definition: Difference between Communion and Holy Eucharist Communion refers to the Sacrament of Holy Communion, celebrated at every Mass. We are in communion as a community joining with God. We believe the Church is His Body and He is the head. The word Eucharist is derived from the Greek word for Thanksgiving.

When a suspension is total, a cleric is deprived of the exercise of every function and of every ecclesiastical rite, and can also be temporarily deprived of Communion. The principal grounds on which suspension is incurred in the present discipline of the Church are found in the Decrees of the Council of Trent.

According to canon law as laid down in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, when a man takes holy orders, it “confers an indelible spiritual character and cannot be repeated or conferred temporarily.” Therefore, priests technically cannot resign their priesthood.

Only men can be deacons; it is an ordained position and only men can be ordained in the Catholic Church. Transitional deacons are seminary students in the process of becoming ordained priests. They serve as deacons for one year and are then ordained by the bishop as priests.

In Latin Church Catholicism and in some Eastern Catholic Churches, most priests are celibate men. In most Orthodox traditions and in some Eastern Catholic Churches men who are already married may be ordained priests, but priests may not marry after ordination.

A married man might fall in love with another but he is married, he cannot morally act on those feelings. Adultery is what it is called in both cases, a priest is married to the Church.

No, but friendship with a priest may look different than friendship with someone else. It also can cause him to censor his homilies, to avoid preaching on things that might endanger those particular friendships. If you. No, but friendship with a priest may look different than friendship with someone else.

For about 900 years, the Catholic Church has required that its priests stay celibate. The idea of falling in love never occurred to Wendeler. When he was ordained as a priest at the age of 30, he had never had a relationship with a woman.

A priest may serve only at the pleasure of his bishop. A bishop bestows faculties (permission to minister within his diocese) giving a priest chrism and an antimins; he may withdraw faculties and demand the return of these items.

Almost uniquely among human occupations, priests cannot marry, as a function of their vocation; nor can they engage in sexual acts, as proscribed by Catholic moral teaching.

Certainly there is no rule for priests against such kissing. Roman Catholic priests are, however, required to restrain from sexual activity, and around 50% succeed according to recently published figures.

“He likes to embrace people and be embraced by people,” Gisotti said. The spokesman noted that the pope does allow individuals to kiss his hand and ring in limited numbers, such as he did with an elderly Italian nun at Wednesday’s general audience when Francis award her for decades of service to the poor in Africa.

The first 10 minutes of the full video, shows priests and religious officials kissing the pope’s ring after a service on Monday in Loreto, Italy. The papal ring is one of the most powerful symbols of the pontiff’s authority. It is worn on the right hand, and kissing it is a sign of obedience and respect.

I know priests kiss the stole to recognize it is God’s power they wield, not their own.

Stole, ecclesiastical vestment worn by Roman Catholic deacons, priests, and bishops and by some Anglican, Lutheran, and other Protestant clergy. A band of silk 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimetres) wide and about 8 feet (240 centimetres) long, it is the same colour as the major vestments worn for the occasion.

A long narrow strip of cloth, worn about the neck and down the front of the priest, usually over the alb. The stole is an article of enormous importance as it indicates the state of ordained office. Like the cincture, the stole can be the colour of the day, or liturgical season.

The single-breasted cassock worn by Anglicans traditionally has thirty-nine buttons as signifying the Thirty-Nine Articles or as some would prefer Forty Stripes Save One. Cassocks are often worn without a cinture and some opt for a buckled belt. Bishops and Archbishops often wear purple cassocks.

A clerical collar, clergy collar, Roman collar or, informally, dog collar is an item of Christian clerical clothing. The collar closes at the back of the neck, presenting a seamless front.

Dalmatic and tunicle are never worn by priests, as priests, but both are worn by bishops under the chasuble (never under the cope) and also by those prelates, not being bishops, to whom the pope has conceded the right to wear the episcopal vestments.

All ordained members of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church are entitled to wear the black zucchetto (unless promoted to a higher rank) which is worn with either the cassock or liturgical vestments. The zucchetto is always worn beneath the mitre or the biretta.

If the wearer chooses a suede kippah, bald heads happily have the advantage of a high coefficient of friction. Should all else fail, the ultimate kippah secret is double-sided fashion tape or a dot of one-sided velcro. Please note: stick the velcro to the kippah, not to your head.

The mitre (British English) (/ˈmaɪtər/; Greek: μίτρα, “headband” or “turban”) or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.

Biretta, stiff square hat with three or four rounded ridges, worn by Roman Catholic, some Anglican, and some European Lutheran clergy for both liturgical and nonliturgical functions. A tassel is often attached. The colour designates the wearer’s rank: red for cardinals, purple for bishops, and black for priests.