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I think so. The Episcopal Church ordains its priests, and since the Methodist Church was an offshoot of the Church of England, they probably also use the term ordination, although I don't think they have priests. Ministers, maybe, or pastors.
Church of England have "vicars" at the church level. As far as I know, Methodist churches have "Ministers".
Church of England have "vicars" at the church level. As far as I know, Methodist churches have "Ministers".
Yes, I find it interesting that we don't use "vicar" in the Episcopal Church, which is the American direct descendant of the COE. We have priests and rectors in individual parishes.
As a sidebar, a friend of mine is the rector of a an Episcopal Church that was founded in the early 18th century by the Church of England's Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands. She is the first woman rector of the church (and has been there for about 25 years now). Those old founders from the Society must be spinning in their graves.
I remember when my bride sent out wedding invitations, she printed my first name on them. All our friends were left asking us when that man was.
Did you ever ask your parents why they named you 'Gay'? I mean, even though 'gay' back then was probably not synonymous with 'homosexual' as it is today, it's still a rather unusual name to give to a male person, isn't it?
Did you ever ask your parents why they named you 'Gay'? I mean, even though 'gay' back then was probably not synonymous with 'homosexual' as it is today, it's still a rather unusual name to give to a male person, isn't it?
My father was born in the 1920s, his middle name was Gay. In our bloodline the first son's first name must be from the father's middle name. As far as I know the tradition lasted for at least seven generations. It will end with my grandson, he was born with cerebral palsy and is not expected to survive to adulthood.
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