Ordained Ministries

Ordained Ministries

Blog Article

This article treats ordained ministries in the historic church traditions, East and West, which engage the ecumenical conversations, explorations, and emerging consensus on church-dividing issues on Christian ministry.The topics in this article include the development of structures of ordained ministries and the emerging theologies of these ministries, as well as the roles of motovox scooter parts ordained ministers in the life of the Christian community.Using a chronological framework, the article begins with the earliest Christian ministries reflected in the New Testament, followed by the post-New Testament period to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

It then traces developments on ministry in the Western and the Eastern churches from the patristic era to the present time.Attention is given to reforms in ministries from the sixteenth-century reformation movements, including the Council of Trent.The article takes note of early twentieth-century developments, including the place of ordained ministries in read more the Ecumenical Movement, with developments in the theology of ministry in both multilateral and bilateral ecumenical dialogues.

The article identifies historic and present differences, divergences, and church-dividing disagreements on ordained ministries, as well as the emerging ecumenical consensus.Specific attention in each historical era is given to the ordered ministries of women, and the contributions of ordained ministers to the lives of their communities.