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The Church Administration Building (CAB) is an administrative office building in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States serving as the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States. [2] [3] Completed in 1917, the building is adjacent to Temple Square ...
Church service. A church service (or a service of worship) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Sunday morning and Sunday evening services); a number of traditions have mid-week services, while some traditions worship ...
Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session or consistory, though other terms, such as church board, may apply. [ notes 1] Groups of local churches ...
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. [ 1][ 2] In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity. In canonical and general usage, it refers to ...
The administration of property belonging to religious institutes under the jurisdiction of the ordinary rests naturally with their superiors, but the bishop may reserve to himself in the constitutions a large right of control and supervision. In reference to institutes under the jurisdiction of the Holy See, the bishop's right is limited to ...
Spiritual gift. The term charism denotes any good gift that flows from God's benevolent love. [ 1] A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα charisma, plural: χαρίσματα charismata) is an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit. [ 2][ 3] These are believed by followers to be ...
The laity are full members of the Church, fully share in Church's purpose of sanctification, of "inner union of men with God", [ 13] acting with freedom and personal responsibility and not as mere agents of the hierarchy. Due to their baptism, they are members of God's family, the Church, and they grow in intimate union with God, "in" and "by ...
Diocesan or archdiocesan administrators in canon law. The college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant. [1] The college must elect as administrator a priest or bishop at least 35 years old. [2] If the college of consultors fails to elect a priest of the required minimum age within the time ...