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deaconIn the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, an ordained minister who ranks immediately below a priest. In the Protestant churches, a deacon is in training to become a minister or is a lay assistant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While we believe that the church of Jesus Christ is free to adapt the structure of the divinely instituted Ministry in the way she sees fit (so long as the essential meaning and function of apostolic Ministry is retained), we affirm explicitly that the apostolic Ministry is retained in a preeminent way in the episcopate, the presbyterate, and the diaconate. Deacon William Ditewig, executive director at the Secretariat for the Diaconate of the U. The allotment of a church-owned house had probably been designed to keep the family under one roof but, afterwards, the diaconate placed the children with caregivers, as was usual when the poor, deemed to be irresponsible, required relief. |
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