" Pope Pius VI never accepted the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, further isolating the Church in France.

They resented the changes imposed on the Roman Catholic Church by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( 1790 ) and broke into open revolt in defiance of the Revolutionary government's military conscription.

It was this determined resistance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the dechristianisation campaigns that played a major role in the re-emergence of the Catholic Church as a prominent social institution.

* Appointments made as Bishop of Chichester from the Clergy of the Church of England Database

* Appointments made as Bishop of Ely from the Clergy of the Church of England Database

* Appointments made as Bishop of Winchester from the Clergy of the Church of England Database

* International Conferences for Clergy, Questions And Answers, answer at Unification Church website about term Moonies

The Roman Catholic Church was generally against the Revolution, which had turned the clergy into employees of the state and required they take an oath of loyalty to the nation ( through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ).

# the quasi-Jansenists, who formally accepted both Cum occasione and the infallibility of the Church in matters of fact, but who nevertheless remained attracted to aspects of Jansenism, notably its stern morality, commitment to virtue, and its opposition to ultramontanism which was a hot political issue in France in the decades surrounding the 1682 Declaration of the Clergy of France.

In 1682, before the general Assembly of the French Clergy, he preached a great sermon on the unity of the Church and made it a magnificent plea for compromise.

By the Submission of the Clergy, the English clergy and religious orders subscribed to the proposition that the King was, and had always been, the Supreme Head of the Church in England.

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During the French Revolution, the National Assembly had taken Church properties and issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which made the Church a department of the State, removing it from the authority of the Pope.

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.

* Casaubon in ' Clergy of the Church of England Database ': http :// www. theclergydatabase. org. uk / jsp / persons / index. jsp

* White Kennett-A Vindication of the Church and Clergy of England

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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.

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

* Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( Constitution civile du clergé ) – 1790, confiscated Church lands and turned the Catholic clergy into state employees ; those who refused out of loyalty to Rome and tradition were persecuted ; those who obeyed were excommunicated ; partially reversed by Napoleon's Concordat of 1801.

* Act for the Submission of the Clergy confirmed by the Parliament of England, requiring churchmen to submit to the king and forbidding the publication of ecclesiastical laws without royal permission.

And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?

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.

Lang resisted the claim to exclusive State recognition and support by the Church of England involved in the establishment of the Clergy and School Lands Corporation in 1826, and it was suspended in 1829 and abolished in 1833.

In 1760 she donated £ 100 to the society for educating poor orphans of clergymen ( later the Clergy Orphan Corporation ) to help pay for a school for 21 orphan daughters of clergymen of the Church of England.

Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust.

This was the only way, in those days, of making the document swiftly and generally known, which was James's straightforward object ; the Anglican Clergy, however, felt it a challenge to themselves, for many of them were opposed to the toleration of Roman Catholics and Nonconformists, as were very many of the population of England at that time.

* A Discourse in Vindication of Bp Bramhall and the Clergy of the Church of England.

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 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.

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.

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

Clergy in the Vineyard, like the membership and the church as a whole, are known for their “ relaxed ” style.

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.

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.