Part of the convento was converted to a two-story wooden wing for use as a seminary and priests ' quarters, while another section became the " Mansion House ," a popular tavern and way station for travelers.

On 1 November 1897 a band of twenty to thirty armed men stormed into the residence of a German missionary, George Stenz, and killed two priests who were his guests while looking for Stenz, who was sleeping in the servant's quarters.

Behind the main chamber is the living quarters of the priests.

It too is located on Clothier Street West with quarters built next door to house the priests and visiting guests.

The chapel building measured some 120 by 20 feet and eight auxiliary rooms for the use of the majordomo and his servants, and as quarters for visiting priests.

The priests ' quarters, refectory, convento, workshops, kitchens, soldiers ' and servants ' living quarters, storerooms, and other ancillary chambers were usually grouped around a walled, open court or patio ( often in the form of a quadrangle ) inside which religious celebrations and other festive events often took place.

By December 2007, 14 priests of the diocese had attended a 5-day workshop on the 1962 version of the Mass, recognized in July of that year as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Some assistant priests have a " sector ministry ", that is to say that they specialize in a certain area of ministry within the local church, for example youth work, hospital work, or ministry to local light industry.

* Former convent of Communion priests, rebuilt as hospital

Within two decades after their foundation the care of souls had become as important as their hospital work, so quickly had the majority of lay brothers been replaced by priests.

The original beneficiaries of the new hospital in 1249 were aged priests, poor scholars, and sick and hungry paupers.

At 2: 33 pm, Cochran reported that the two priests who were called into the hospital to administer the last rites to the President said that he had died from his wounds.

The conductor did recall having priests as passengers and this satisfied police, although the conductor also pointed out that in heavily Catholic Fall River there were priests riding on almost every trip the streetcar made, so Morse's statement really proved nothing.

In the East abbots, if in priests ' orders and with the consent of the bishop, were, as we have seen, permitted by the second Nicene council, AD 787, to confer the tonsure and admit to the order of reader ; but gradually abbots, in the West also, advanced higher claims, until we find them in AD 1489 permitted by Innocent IV to confer both the subdiaconate and diaconate.

Adam also presents idolatry, human sacrifice as religious practice: For all their gods there are appointed priests to offer sacrifices for the people.

Against this, Numbers also demonstrates the importance of holiness, faithfulness and trust: despite God's presence and his priests, Israel lacks faith and the possession of the land is left to a new generation.

The text of Genesis-Numbers leaves no doubt as to the central concern of the priests: the cult of Yahweh was to be under the control of " Aaron and his sons " forever, and to the exclusion of all other priestly lines ( such as Korah, Dathan and Abiram, who meet terrible fates in Numbers 16-17 for challenging Aaron, but also the lines of David's priests Abiathar and Zadok, as well as the low-level Levites ).

Certain Latin-Rite Catholic priests may receive a dispensation to be married before ordination, and all Eastern Catholic priests outside the United States are also permitted to be married, provided they are so before ordination.

It also permits Holy Communion to be received under the form of either bread or wine alone, except by a priest who is celebrating Mass without other priests or as principal celebrant.

A Catholic mission was conducted in the Ottoman days by Assumpionist Fathers ; there are also a number of Armenian and Greek Catholics, with priests of their respective rites.

: as I had forsaken the priests, so I left the separate preachers also, and those esteemed the most experienced people ; for I saw there was none among them all that could speak to my condition.

Spanish settlers also knew of the seeps, such as at Rancho La Brea ( Spanish for Tar Ranch ) in present-day Los Angeles, from which the priests obtained tar to waterproof the roofs of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel missions.

In fact Herodotus was in the habit of seeking out information from empowered sources within communities, such as aristocrats and priests, and this also occurred at an international level, with Periclean Athens becoming his principal source of information about events in Greece.

( With the consent of several other bishops, a single bishop has performed the ordination another bishop, in emergency situations, such as times of persecution ), The consecration of a bishop takes place near the beginning of the Liturgy, since a bishop can, in addition to performing the Mystery of the Eucharist, also ordain priests and deacons.

In most branches of the Anglican church, women can be ordained as priests, and in some of them, can also be ordained bishops.

There is also a strong probability that for most or all of the period the temple at Bethel in Benjamin replaced that at Jerusalem, boosting the prestige of Bethel's priests ( the Aaronites ) against those of Jerusalem ( the Zadokites ), now in exile in Babylon.

Each Christian community also had presbyters, as was the case with Jewish communities, who were also ordained and assisted the bishop ; as Christianity spread, especially in rural areas, the presbyters exercised more responsibilities and took distinctive shape as priests.

Although the ancient designations are still adhered to, in modern Shinto many priests also consider kami to be anthropomorphic spirits, with nobility and authority.

In addition to instructions for those priests, it also addresses the role and duties of the laity.

Most of them were military officers, but there were also intelligentsia, doctors, and priests for a total of over 22, 000.

The most significant liturgical acts reserved to priests in these traditions are the administration of the Sacraments, including the celebration of the Holy Mass or Divine Liturgy ( the terms for the celebration of the Eucharist in the Latin and Byzantine traditions, respectively ), and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, also called Confession.

The sacraments of Anointing of the Sick ( Extreme Unction ) and Confirmation or Chrismation are also administered by priests, though in the Western tradition Confirmation is ordinarily celebrated by a bishop.

As Anglicanism represents a broad range of theological opinion, its presbyterate includes priests who consider themselves no different in any respect from those of the Roman Catholic Church, and a minority who prefer to use the title presbyter in order to distance themselves from the more sacrificial theological implications which they associate with the word “ priest .” While priest is the official title of a member of the presbyterate in every Anglican province worldwide, the ordination rite of certain provinces ( including the Church of England ) recognizes the breadth of opinion by adopting the title The Ordination of Priests ( also called Presbyters ).

A carpentum was a sort of ceremonial carriage usually reserved for priests, such as the Vestal Virgins, and sacred statues.

In classical Greece the priests at Delphi were called Labryades ()-the men of the double axe .- The complex palace of Knossos in Crete is usually implicated, though the actual dancing-ground, depicted in frescoed patterns at Knossos, has not been found.

The seer-priests were usually attached to a local shrine or temple, such as Shiloh, and initiated others as priests in that priesthood: it was a mystical craft-guild with apprentices and recruitment.

At this festival, priests would kill, or sacrifice, an animal, usually an ox, in order to make the gods happy.

Those seeking to become priests are usually ordained priest after a year.

Then priests and other ecclesiastical dignities adopted coats of arms, usually to be used as seals and other such insignia, and then towns and cities to likewise seal and authenticate documents.

Wherever lightning strikes, priests search the surrounding area for the thrown stone which usually has a double-headed axe shape, like his weapon.

Male Christian priests are usually addressed as Father or, for example, as Father John or Father Smith.

The priests were usually spared, but several were killed.

* clerks regular made up of priests who are also vowed religious and who usually have a more active apostolate

Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches and some Hindu, Jain and Buddhist ( usually only monks or nuns ) temples of shaving or plucking the hair from the scalp of priests and nuns as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem.

Japanese funerals are usually performed by Buddhist priests, and Buddhist rites are also common on death day anniversaries of deceased family members.

In addition, they usually believe that the Mass of Paul VI and holy orders in the official Church since 1968 are invalid ( i. e., like orders in the Church of England and other Protestant denominations ) and prefer to receive sacraments from priests ordained in the old pre-1968 rite who use the liturgy from the early 1950s.

Since bishops and abbots were themselves usually part of the nobility rulers, due to their literate administrative resources or due to an outright family relationship ( younger sons of the nobility would often be appointed bishops, as their older siblings inherited the titles and they inherited the task of religious learning ), it was beneficial for a nobility ruler to appoint ( or sell the office to ) someone who would be loyal, as the non-nobility priests, who did not inherit, nor earn such great wealth, may be swayed by greed and power.

This Mystery is usually performed by seven priests.

Membership in the various colleges of priests, including the College of Pontiffs, was usually an honor offered to members of politically powerful or wealthy families.

For priests and bishops, it is made of lightweight material, usually white.

The president then chooses two counselors, who are high priests ( usually apostles ).

The Greek text of the ( 196 BCE ) Rosetta Stone records that Ptolemy V reduced taxes on priests, including one paid in byssus cloth, usually translated as " fine linen cloth ".

If they live in the same country as their parents, the religious and priests are permitted to visit their families usually once a year provided it does not inhibit their individual assignments.

The mainly ethnic Irish and German bishops helped establish hundreds of parishes for Poles, but priests were usually unable to speak Polish, and the new immigrants had poor or limited English.

The sons continue in their sinful behavior, and so, according to the text, after a vision from Yahweh, Samuel prophesies to Eli that Eli and his family will be punished for this, with all male descendants dying before reaching old age and being usually placed in positions subservient to priests from other lineages.

The congregation is composed of priests and brothers usually living in community.

More than a thousand people usually come for the celebration which also features a Shinto ceremony carried out by Ōmoto-kyō priests.