History 2403E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Secular Clergy, Apostolic Succession, Old Testament
2 May 2018
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October 3rd, 2017
The Church
1. Organization and Structure
Secular clergy:
- Pope
o Head of the western European Roman-Catholic church
o Petrine doctor:
▪ Beside on a chapter of the bible
▪ Peter the first bishop at Rome
o Apostolic Succession
▪ Authority of bishop is passed down from one to another without
any broken line the succession
o Vicars of Christ
▪ Popes identify themselves as the Vicars of Christ
▪ Someone who occupies an office, until an actual office bearer
returns
▪ Pope holds the positon until such time that Christ returns
▪ The kings and monarchs of western Europe not okay with this
o The doctrine of papal infallible have not been formalized
▪ Without error and the full authority as God
• “Ex Cathedra”
• Speaks from the word of God himself
- Archbishop
o One rank below the pope
o Leaders of bishops in a given province
o A regional governor
o Often appointed by the prince/monarch of western Europe
▪ Not by the pope
o See churches with nationally distinct identities
- Bishop ~>Diocese or Sea ~> Tither
o Spiritual and temporal power
▪ Earthly task
▪ Chief shepherds of the souls of their specific area
▪ Stewardess of all the church lands and property within their diocese
• Manages all that land
• Manage and appoints all the lower clergy
o Appoints lower ranks
o Collects the tithe
▪ A percentage of their income (10%) goes to the church
▪ Giving back to god what he gave to you
▪ 1500, see tithes not necessarily going to where they supposed to
• should have been used to support the operation of your
church
o bishops using to tithes to fund their lifestyle and
existence in Rome
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