In 1789, when the French Revolution broke out, he was archdeacon of Ajaccio, and, like the majority of the Corsicans, he felt repugnance for many of the acts of the French government during that period ; in particular he protested against the application to Corsica of the act known as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( July 1790 ).

Within the Roman Curia his membership includes: Secretariat of State ( second section ), and Causes of Saints, Bishops, Evangelization of Peoples ( Congregatio de Propaganda Fide ), Clergy, Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life ( congregations ).

He also holds membership in the Pontifical Council for the Family, Congregation for the Clergy, and Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Roman Curia.

Clergy are members of their Annual Conference rather than of any local congregation, and are appointed to a local church or other charge annually by the conference's Resident Bishop at the meeting of the Annual Conference.

* Clergy, Ecclesiastical Addresses, Prince of the church

In 1532 Thomas Cromwell brought before Parliament a number of acts including the Supplication against the Ordinaries and Submission of the Clergy, which recognised royal supremacy over the church, thus finalizing the break with Rome.

In 1978, Schaeffer asked a group of Reformed Episcopal Clergy to research his thoughts and current trends, forming a church guild called “ The Society of Reformed Philosophical Thinkers ” that later in 1988 merged with “ Into Thy Word Ministries ,” also envisioned by Schaeffer, and then the remnants of the “ Charles E. Fuller Institute ” in 1998 were merged forming, “ The Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development .” Its purpose is continuing the work which started in Carmel California as a think-tank and Bible literacy project, currently in Pasadena, Ca.

A supporter of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, he refused an offer of high office in the Catholic church that was intended to reverse his position.

However, in January 1791, as a prince of the church, he refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and went to Ettenheim, in the German part of his diocese.

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which turned Church lands into state property and the clergy into employees of the state, created a bitter division within the church between those " jurors " who took the required oath of allegiance to the state ( the abbé Grégoire or Pierre Daunou ) and the " non-jurors " who refused to do so.

Clergy are self-sustaining, not receiving a salary from the church.

Today, the principal business of consistory courts is now the dispensing of faculties dealing with churchyards and church property, although they retain the power to hear the trial of clergy ( below the rank of bishop ) accused of immoral acts or misconduct ( under the Clergy Discipline Act 1892 ).

Perhaps influenced by his own upbringing Andrew Anderson executed a Deed of Trust in 1815 by which he left £ 70, 000 to the Sheriff and Magistrates and Clergy of the established church in Elgin to build and endow an Institution in Elgin to provide a home for fifty children where they would be educated sufficiently to enable them to earn a living.

* Clergy, or priests, were exempt from tax, and collected tithes for the church.

He was originally interred in the church of San Nicolás, but was later moved to Roncesvalles after much resistance from the local Clergy.

Under the Declaration of the Clergy of France ( 1682 ) privileges of the French monarch included the right to assemble church councils in their dominions and to make laws and regulations touching ecclesiastical matters ; Gallican Church or to have recourse to the " appeal as from an abuse " (" appel comme d ' abus ") against acts of the ecclesiastical power.

The following interlinked factors appear to have been the causes of agitation for the confiscation of church lands and for the adoption of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy:

As noted above, even prior to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, church property was nationalized and monastic vows were forbidden.

Clergy announced the monk Lazarus as a local saint, and every summer, on 23 – 24 June, the church was attracting pilgrims.

The French Revolution replaced France's system by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, confiscating the endowment of the church and awarding a state salary to the formerly dependent clergy.

1596: Clergy demand arms to defend king and church against " papists "

He was invited to run for president by Executives of Construction Party ( reformist ), Combatant Clergy Association ( conservative ), Islamic Labour Party ( conservative ), and Workers ' House ( reformist ), as well as several other parties across the whole spectrum of positions.

It was not until the social unrest combined with the external pressures from the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( 1790 ) and the introduction of a levy of 300, 000 on the whole of France, decreed by the National Convention in February 1793, that the region erupted.

The first and only small town in the whole archipelago ever to produced 3 Catholic Clergy Bishops at the same time.

Clergy are no longer required to make a declaration as to simony on ordination but offences are now likely to be dealt with under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003, r. 8.

Clergy of the Church of England are required to affirm their loyalty to the Articles and other historic formularies ( the Book of Common Prayer and the Ordering of Bishops, Priests and Deacons ).

The broader art form of passementerie, with its divisions of Decor, Clergy and Nobility, Upholstery, Coaches and Livery, and Military, is covered in a few books on that subject, none of which are in English.

Clergy ( both transitional deacons and priests ) who assist the " curate " were, and are, properly called assistant curates, but colloquially may be known as " the curate ".

Clergy probably played a key role in most Western cultures, as they continue to do in modern ones, especially where they are the most trusted mediators in the society.

Members of the House of Lords all have an aristocratic title, or are from the Clergy.

Holiness, altruism, obedience to God ’ s Commandments and a zeal for His honor and glory are incumbent upon Clergy and Laity alike, therefore all should be trained in a clean and disciplined life, not neglecting prayer, study, and the exercise of moral discipline.

The Doctrine and Constitutional Rules of the Philippine Independent Church, adopted on October 28, 1903, and subsequently amended, and the Fundamental Epistles of the Philippine Independent Church, are henceforth not to be held as binding either upon the Clergy or Laity of this Church in matters of Doctrine, Discipline or Order, wherein they differ in substance from the Declaration of Faith or the Articles of Religion contained herein.

Clergy who are deposed are " deprived of the right to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority of God's word and sacraments conferred at ordination.

Clergy are of both major and minor holy orders.

Clergy in the Church of England are required to take an Oath of Supremacy acknowledging the authority of the British monarch.

It is a bicameral institution, as it consists of the House of Laity, who are directly elected by the parishes, and the House of Clergy.

Since the House of Commons ( Removal of Clergy Disqualification ) Act 2001, no clergy except for Church of England bishops ( see Lords Spiritual ) are now prohibited from serving.

Clergy and ecclesiastical institutions subject to a bishop's authority are often said to be " under his omophor ".

The tangible consequences of the abolition of feudalism, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the movements toward a constitution are highly disputable but what was plain to see was the change in mindset of those across social and political boundaries.

Clergy shirts, as a variant of the British safari, have been worn for many decades and are common.

Due to the power and scope of the institutions of velayat-e-faqih ( Guardianship of the Clergy ), which includes the Council of Guardians and the Office of the Supreme Leader, as well as the Judiciary, elected institutions such as the Majlis and the Office of the President are often unable to challenge laws because they are constitutional.