The decision to ordain me to the priesthood was made because they needed a priest for West Point. |
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The next hurricane will follow the path that the forces of nature ordain for it regardless of what we do or don't do. |
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And, of course, there were those who said they would split away from the church when they decided to ordain women. |
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He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops. |
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Proponents argued that no presbytery would be forced to ordain gays, that it was a local option. |
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Over the last ten years I think they've been very well received in dioceses that have started to ordain women to the priesthood. |
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It belongs to the Cardinal Dean to ordain the elected Roman Pontiff a Bishop, if he is not already ordained. |
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And no religious denomination should be forced to ordain gays or women as priests, right? |
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Until 1978 the Church of latter-day saints would not ordain men of African descent into the priesthood. |
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If the state makes a law that the church has to ordain women and a church does not observe the law, it can be sued. |
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Among other things, Weiss had the beautiful chutzpah to ordain Orthodox women. |
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For instance, if there were people you had denied ordination, have they taken you to the courts to force you to ordain them? |
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It includes letters testimonial, notices of intention to ordain, letters dimissory, certificates of baptism, presentations, resignations, and subscriptions, among others. |
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Stephen Jung: It's because the law did not require the church to ordain women. |
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He may so ordain that His Divinity as Love may be manifest in the flesh and be among us as God incarnate. |
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And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee. |
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While only a few dioceses ordain women to the priesthood, there are more that ordain women to the diaconate. |
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I hereby ordain that everything established with the present Motu Proprio shall have full and lasting value, anything to the contrary notwithstanding, even though it may be deserving of special mention. |
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In 1784, when there was a shortage of ordained ministers in America after the Revolution, the Bishop of London refused to ordain a Methodist for the United States. |
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Faure said he only reluctantly become a bishop in case Williamson died in an accident, which would leave the group without the means to ordain priests. |
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Mr Hu and his colleagues will ordain the outcome. But rumours abound that Mr Hu has been having trouble appointing the exact Politburo he would like. |
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Other parts still do not ordain women at all. |
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With regard to the fact that you do not ordain women priests, do you feel that you might also be under attack through the legal system in that regard in terms of inequality? |
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We have designed a Charter of Rights which allows the churches to decide whom they marry, whom they ordain and so on, whereas in civil society we do not allow ourselves quite that same degree of flexibility. |
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Many provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain both men and women as deacons. |
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Many of those provinces that ordain women to the priesthood previously allowed them to be ordained only to the diaconate. |
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Following the departures of their conservative majorities, all three dioceses now ordain women. |
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The Bishop of London refused to ordain Methodist priests and deacons in the British American colonies. |
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Similarly, a metropolitan has the right to ordain and enthrone the bishops of his province. |
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Within the United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered to consecrate bishops and ordain clergy. |
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They also have the authority to appoint and ordain local pastors, elders, ministers, and reverends within the denomination. |
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Kate Kelly, the leader of ordain Women, was officially excommunicated. |
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A similar vote in the Church in Wales in 2008 also threw out proposals New Justin to ordain women into the episcopacy. |
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Buddhist texts record that the Buddha was reluctant to ordain women. |
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The church does not ordain women as bishops, presbyters, or deacons. |
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Novices often ordain at a young age, but generally no younger than eight. |
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The church has continued to ordain bishops in the apostolic succession, with Moravian, Church of England and Indian Orthodox bishops taking part on occasion. |
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In his autonomous Church it is for him to ordain and enthrone bishops and his name is to be mentioned immediately after that of the Pope in the liturgy. |
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Thus, many UU member churches ordain women to the priesthood. |
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Wesley came to believe that the New Testament evidence did not leave the power of ordination to the priesthood in the hands of bishops but that other priests could ordain. |
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Along with the pallium, a letter from Gregory directed the new archbishop to ordain twelve suffragan bishops as soon as possible, and to send a bishop to York. |
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I am grateful for democratic institutions that move laywomen to positions of power, ordain women as clergy, and even elect some to serve as bishops. |
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The Ordain Women website posted some of Harrison's email to Kelly informing her of her excommunication. |
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