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Understanding Clergy Across Different Religions

This quiz explores the roles and significance of clergy in various religious traditions, testing your knowledge on historical figures, practices, and organizational structures within different faiths.

#clergy #religion #Judaism #Christianity #Anglicanism #Lutheranism #ordination #religious history

1 What does the following picture show?  Ethiopian Orthodox clergy lead a procession in celebration of Saint Michael in Garland, Texas. Pictured are priests, holding tabota and deacons holding processional crosses.   Rabbi Regina Jonas, the world's first female rabbi, ordained in 1935, killed in the Holocaust in 1944. [2].   The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso in 2007   Bishop Maurício Andrade, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, gives the crosier to Bishop Saulo Barros.

2 What does the following picture show?  Rabbi Regina Jonas, the world's first female rabbi, ordained in 1935, killed in the Holocaust in 1944. [2].   This Lutheran pastor is confirming the youth of his congregation after instructing them in Luther's Small Catechism.   This Lutheran pastor is confirming the youth of his congregation after instructing them in Luther's Small Catechism.   Mgr. Rauber, Cardinal Danneels, Mgr. Vangheluwe and Mgr. De Kesel

3 ________ is the seminary of the Reform Movement.

4 In ________ Judaism, generally understood as a branch of Orthodox Judaism, there are dynastic spiritual leaders known as Rebbes, often translated in English as "Grand Rabbi".

5 The ________ tradition only recognizes two ordained positions in the church as being the elders (pastors) and deacons as outlined in the third chapter of I Timothy in the Bible.

6 In the United States, ________ priests of the Japanese diaspora serve a role very similar to Protestant ministers of the Christian tradition.

7 The senior archbishop of the ________ is the Archbishop of Canterbury, who acts as leader of the Church of England and 'first among equals' of the primates of all Anglican churches.

8 ________ (Mormons) has no dedicated clergy, and is governed instead by unpaid priesthood holders.

9 Canon, archdeacon, ________ and the like are specific positions within these orders.

10 Bishops are typically overseers, presiding over a diocese composed of many ________, with an archbishops presiding over a province, which is a group of dioceses.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • rubrics were originally anything written in red letters in a manuscript, but now most often mean instructions, especially for officiating clergy, or scoring tools for tests in education.
  • Pastoral Care was a book written by Pope Gregory I around A.D. 590 to address the responsibilities of the clergy.
  • in 1853, the Irish clergyman William Reeves bought the 9th-century Book of Armagh (pictured) for three hundred pounds.
  • Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is the first Baptist church in the Southern United States to have chosen an openly gay lead cleric.
  • Herman Farr, an African American clergyman from Shreveport, Louisiana, single-handedly desegregated the historic Strand Theatre during the heyday of the civil rights movement.
  • Methodist minister Ephraim Kingsbury Avery is amongst the first clergymen known to have been tried for murder in the United States.
  • Texas clergyman Harold Reeves was the first missionary dispatched to Thailand by the Southern Baptist Convention.
  • Anna Maria Garthwaite, the daughter of a Lincolnshire clergyman, became the leading designer of flowered fabrics for the Spitalfields silk-weaving trade in 18th century England.
  • Baptist clergyman W. Winfred Moore was first director of the Baylor University Center of Ministry Effectiveness, designed to prevent burnout among pastors.
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