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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A Christian minister who leads worship and administers sacraments, including celebrating the Eucharist.
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A Christian religious leader authorised to carry out duties such as leading worship and administering sacraments.
Revise: The roles of men and womenThe Catholic and Orthodox Churches do not ordain women as priests. Reasons given for an all-male priesthood include Jesus choosing twelve male apostles. Catholic teaching also connects the priest’s role at Mass with representing Jesus, who was male.
Specification 3.7 · Paper 1, Paper 2
In evaluation, distinguish the importance of leadership from the necessity of ordained clergy. A community can have leadership without priests or bishops.
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An ordained Christian minister authorised to celebrate the sacraments in traditions such as Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Anglicanism.
Many Protestant Christians place greater emphasis on leaders' gifts for preaching and caring for a community under the authority of Scripture. These differences explain why some churches have priests, bishops and a pope, while others have pastors and elders or no ordained clergy.
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Revise: Christian Perspectives on Gender EqualityThe Catholic Church teaches that men and women are equal in dignity, but it does not ordain women as priests. Bishops are also male. This is an official restriction on ordained ministry, not a claim that women are less valuable to God.
