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This template uses Lua : This infobox template is for religions or religious denominations. Some parameters are designed primarily for Christian denominations, but the template can be applicable to other religions when any inapplicable parameters are left blank.
This template may be used to summarize information about a particular Christian leader, usually at the top of an article. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Type type Type of leader (Priest, Pope, Cardinal, Antipope, or Coptic Pope). If the leader is none of these, leave blank to default to Bishop ...
Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler ') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law, or operational policy, governing the Catholic Church ...
Contents. Template:Infobox church. This infobox is for providing general information about a Christian church building, including its history, architecture and staff. To provide information solely about the architectural details of a church building, use {{ Infobox religious building }} . Churches vary from small chapels to large cathedrals ...
Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local ( congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity may describe its ministerial offices or an authority structure between churches. Polity relates closely to ecclesiology, the theological study of the church.
In the Catholic Church, an association of the Christian faithful or simply association of the faithful ( Latin: consociationes christifidelium [1] ), sometimes called a public association of the faithful, [2] is a group of baptized persons, clerics or laity or both together, who, according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, jointly foster a more ...
The Ordnung is a set of rules for Amish, Old Order Mennonite and Conservative Mennonite living. Ordnung ( pronounced [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ] ⓘ) is the German word for order, discipline, rule, arrangement, organization, or system. Because the Amish have no central church government, each assembly is autonomous and is its own governing authority.
Judaeo-Christian ethics (or Judeo-Christian values) is a supposed value system common to Jews and Christians. It was first described in print in 1941 by English writer George Orwell . The idea that Judaeo-Christian ethics underpin American politics, law and morals has been part of the " American civil religion " since the 1940s.