Local church - Revision history

Θεοδωρος at 12:44, June 10, 2008

2008-06-10T12:44:53Z

Themanwhowouldbeking: rv vandal

2008-06-10T11:27:55Z

rv vandal

HARDCHAT: with love from ebaums

2008-06-10T11:27:54Z

with love from ebaums

ASDamick: Reverted edits by Wsk (Talk); changed back to last version by ASDamick

2007-02-11T23:15:00Z

Reverted edits by Wsk (Talk); changed back to last version by ASDamick

Wsk: link

2007-02-11T01:34:59Z

link

ASDamick at 13:30, June 10, 2006

2006-06-10T13:30:16Z

ASDamick at 13:29, June 10, 2006

2006-06-10T13:29:54Z

ASDamick: wording

2006-05-02T21:07:29Z

wording

ASDamick: link

2006-05-02T21:07:05Z

link

ASDamick: sp

2006-05-02T21:04:09Z

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−	~~WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS~~	+	The term '''''local church''''' in its theological sense refers to the [[diocese]], with the [[bishop]] presiding at the [[Eucharist]], surrounded by his [[clergy]], with the [[laity]] gathered together with him. That all local churches are thus absolutely equal in this theological, Eucharistic sense, is an axiom of [[ecclesiology]].
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		+	In recent centuries, with the advent of national autocephalous churches—collections of dioceses aggregated under a [[primate]] whose boundaries coincide with a sovereign secular state—some in the Slavic churches have begun transferring the term ''local church'' to refer to these national churches. That is, it is being used to refer not to dioceses but rather to supra-diocesan structures, which are temporal and have always changed throughout history.
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		+	This difference in usage has caused controversy, particularly between these national churches and the ancient [[patriarchate]]s, whose borders do not usually fall along the same lines as secular states. The controversy comes into play when the theological truth of the equality of dioceses comes to be transferred to create an equality of supra-diocesan structures, that is, that all [[autocephaly\|autocephalous]] churches are to be considered equal.
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		+	History records significant variation in development of the honors (ακολουθια τιμη&sigmaf;) and [[presbeia\|prerogatives]] (πρεσβεια τιμη&sigmaf;) attached to the bishops of particular [[see]]s. Not all sees were given the same power of jurisdiction as others, and even when autocephaly developed, not all autocephalous churches were accorded the same authority by the [[Ecumenical councils]] which promulgated [[canons]] to govern the interaction between the various sees. As such, while all local churches (dioceses) remained theologically the same, not every bishop could exercise the same influence or authority as every other.
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		+	==See also==
		+	*[[History of Orthodox Church structure]]
		+	*[[Autocephaly]]
		+	*[[Autonomy]]
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		+	[[Category:Ecclesiology]]
		+	[[Category:Canon Law]]

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−	The term '''''local church''''' in its theological sense refers to the [[diocese]], with the [[bishop]] presiding at the [[Eucharist]], surrounded by his [[clergy]], with the [[laity]] gathered together with him. That all local churches are thus absolutely equal in this theological, Eucharistic sense, is an axiom of [[ecclesiology]].	+	LOL INTERNET
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−	In recent centuries, with the advent of national autocephalous churches—collections of dioceses aggregated under a [[primate]] whose boundaries coincide with a sovereign secular state—some in the Slavic churches have begun transferring the term ''local church'' to refer to these national churches. That is, it is being used to refer not to dioceses but rather to supra-diocesan structures, which are temporal and have always changed throughout history.
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−	This difference in usage has caused controversy, particularly between these national churches and the ancient [[patriarchate]]s, whose borders do not usually fall along the same lines as secular states. The controversy comes into play when the theological truth of the equality of dioceses comes to be transferred to create an equality of supra-diocesan structures, that is, that all [[autocephaly\|autocephalous]] churches are to be considered equal.
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−	History records significant variation in development of the honors (ακολουθια τιμη&sigmaf;) and [[presbeia\|prerogatives]] (πρεσβεια τιμη&sigmaf;) attached to the bishops of particular [[see]]s. Not all sees were given the same power of jurisdiction as others, and even when autocephaly developed, not all autocephalous churches were accorded the same authority by the [[Ecumenical councils]] which promulgated [[canons]] to govern the interaction between the various sees. As such, while all local churches (dioceses) remained theologically the same, not every bishop could exercise the same influence or authority as every other.
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−	~~==See also==~~
−	*[[History of Orthodox Church structure]]
−	*[[Autocephaly]]
−	*[[Autonomy]]
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−	~~[[Category:Ecclesiology]]~~
−	~~[[Category:Canon Law]]~~

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 ==See also==
 *[[Autocephaly]]
 *[[Autonomy]]

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 ==See also==
 *[[Autocephaly]]
 *[[Autonomy]]

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 This difference in usage has caused controversy, particularly between these national churches and the ancient [[patriarchate]]s, whose borders do not usually fall along the same lines as secular states.  The controversy comes into play when the theological truth of the equality of dioceses comes to be transferred to create an equality of supra-diocesan structures, that is, that all [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches are to be considered equal.
-History records significant variation in development of the honors (&alpha;&kappa;&omicron;&lambda;&omicron;&upsilon;&theta;&iota;&alpha; &tau;&iota;&mu;&eta;&sigmaf;) and prerogatives (&pi;&rho;&epsilon;&sigma;&beta;&epsilon;&iota;&alpha; &tau;&iota;&mu;&eta;&sigmaf;) attached to the bishops of particular [[see]]s.  Not all sees were given the same power of jurisdiction as others, and even when autocephaly developed, not all autocephalous churches were accorded the same authority by the [[Ecumenical councils]] which promulgated [[canons]] to govern the interaction between the various sees.  As such, while all local churches (dioceses) remained theologically the same, not every bishop could exercise the same influence or authority as every other.
+History records significant variation in development of the honors (&alpha;&kappa;&omicron;&lambda;&omicron;&upsilon;&theta;&iota;&alpha; &tau;&iota;&mu;&eta;&sigmaf;) and [[presbeia|prerogatives]] (&pi;&rho;&epsilon;&sigma;&beta;&epsilon;&iota;&alpha; &tau;&iota;&mu;&eta;&sigmaf;) attached to the bishops of particular [[see]]s.  Not all sees were given the same power of jurisdiction as others, and even when autocephaly developed, not all autocephalous churches were accorded the same authority by the [[Ecumenical councils]] which promulgated [[canons]] to govern the interaction between the various sees.  As such, while all local churches (dioceses) remained theologically the same, not every bishop could exercise the same influence or authority as every other.
 ==See also==

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 The term '''''local church''''' in its theological sense refers to the [[diocese]], with the [[bishop]] presiding at the [[Eucharist]], surrounded by his [[clergy]], with the [[laity]] gathered together with him.  That all local churches are thus absolutely equal in this theological, Eucharistic sense, is an axiom of [[ecclesiology]].
-In recent centuries, with the advent of national autocephalous churches&mdash;collections of dioceses aggregated under a [[primate]] whose boundaries coincide with a sovereign secular state&mdash;some of the Slavic churches have begun transferring the term ''local church'' to refer to these national churches.  That is, it is being used to refer not to dioceses but rather to supra-diocesan structures, which are temporal and have always changed throughout history.
+In recent centuries, with the advent of national autocephalous churches&mdash;collections of dioceses aggregated under a [[primate]] whose boundaries coincide with a sovereign secular state&mdash;some in the Slavic churches have begun transferring the term ''local church'' to refer to these national churches.  That is, it is being used to refer not to dioceses but rather to supra-diocesan structures, which are temporal and have always changed throughout history.
 This difference in usage has caused controversy, particularly between these national churches and the ancient [[patriarchate]]s, whose borders do not usually fall along the same lines as secular states.  The controversy comes into play when the theological truth of the equality of dioceses comes to be transferred to create an equality of supra-diocesan structures, that is, that all [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches are to be considered equal.