Clergy
111white clergy — noun : the Russian Orthodox secular clergy distinguished from black clergy …
112Declaration of the Clergy of France — Under the Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682, the following privileges were claimed by France in relation to the Holy See. They are the framework of Gallicanism, and have never been accepted by the Pope. Kings of France had the right to… …
113Shia clergy — Twelver Usooli and Akhbari Shia Twelver Muslims believe that the study of Islamic literature is a continual process, and is necessary for identifying all of God s laws. Twelver Shia Muslims believe that the process of finding God s laws from the… …
114List of children of clergy — List of noted children of clergy is a list concerned with individuals whose status as a child of a cleric is important, preferably critical, to their fame or significance. =Western religions=ChristianCatholic*George Bariţ Son of an Eastern rite… …
115Benefit of the clergy — (spr. Benefit of the Klärdschi, engl. Rechtsw.), s.u. Arrest of judgment b) …
116IRS Publication 517 - Social Security And Other Information For Members Of The Clergy & Religious Workers — A document published by the Internal Revenue Service that details how members of the clergy or other religious workers are to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. These two types of taxes are collected through either the Self Employment… …
117Secular clergy — The members of the *clergy who worked in the world and were not bound by the rules of a monastic order. They were clerics who had been admitted to one of the orders, but who did not live under a monastic rule, e.g. parish priests …
118Civil Constitition of the Clergy — Decreed at the time of the revolution of 1789 (July 12, 1790) by a vote of the National Constituent Assembly and sanctioned by the king (August 24), this constitution, of liberal and Gallican inspiration (see gallicanism), sought to organize… …
119General Clergy Relief Fund — This is the abbreviated title of a Society organized by the General Convention under the corporate name, The Trustees of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergymen, and of Aged, Infirm and Disabled Clergymen of the …
120benefit of clergy — 1》 exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts (abolished in 1827). 2》 ecclesiastical sanction or approval. → benefit …