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  Church of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cathedral clergy are appointed some by the Crown, some by the bishop, and some by the Dean and Chapter themselves.
Clergy officiate in a diocese either because they hold office as beneficed clergy, or are licensed by the bishop when appointed (e.g.
Historically, individual parishes both raised and spent the vast majority of the Church's funding, meaning that clergy pay depended on the wealth of the parish, and parish advowsons (the right to appoint clergy to particular parishes) could become extremely valuable gifts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_England   (2233 words)

  
 Tatenni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Table 7 indicates that swingers are also more likely to be in favor of homosexuals' right to marry.
When asked whether it was wrong for teens aged 14-16 to have sex, Table 8, swingers were less likely to say that it is wrong under all circumstances.
I think everyone is clear that this very difficult but urgent issue of homosexuality in the clergy and the inability of apparently a significant number of homosexual clergy to lead chaste lives has to be seriously addressed.
tatenni.halard.com   (5067 words)

  
 Life Enterprises Unlimited - Love through the Holy Eucharist
What is the probability that these cardinals would not see to it that one of their own is appointed to the highest of all offices in the Catholic Church?
Members of the laity and lower-ranking clergy are not exempt from that injunction.
The Catholic Church is the one true Church but it has been highly infiltrated at the highest levels by homosexuals and non believers who are NOT morally priests — Masses said by them are not considered valid.
www.trosch.org   (2376 words)

  
 Adherents.com
Two bills sent to a June legislative assembly propose a formal split in the 3.6 million-member Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the denominational news service reports.
One bill asks the assembly to declare that the church has "two mutually exclusive theologies " on the Bible, causing an "irreconcilable impasse, " especially on whether to ordain homosexual clergy.
The second bill would authorize a task force to rewrite church law and allow liberal congregations that disagree with the existing homosexual ban to leave the denomination and keep their buildings.
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_530.html   (1396 words)

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