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Altar & Robes
Clergy Information from the Archdiocese of London
Community Church Of Saint John The Divine
(Arian Catholic)
Welcome to the Altar & Robes page, this page has been placed here to help the clergy within the Community Church Of Saint John The Divine (Arian Catholic)
This Document must be inforced by all Clergy within The Community Church of Saint John The Divine (Arian Catholic)
The MetropolitanArchbishop (Not Yet Apponited ) Archbishop to the church
The Metropolitan Archbishop is the Head of The Community Church Of Saint John The Divine (Arian Catholic)
The Metropolitan Archbishop works close with the College of bishops to control the running of the Archdiocese.
The Metropolitan Archbishop wears a red shirt to stand out in the College of bishops, the red shirt with a white coller is the sign of our Metropolitan Archbishop.
Archbishop
In each Archdiocese of The Community Church Of Saint John The Divine (Arian Catholic) there will be an Archbishop for that area.
The Archdiocese has been split into the following.
1. England
2. Scotland
3. Wales
4. Ireland
The Archbishop wears purple with a all round white collar, this helps to stand out from the Metopolitan Archbishop.
Bishop
Within each Archdiocese the will be a number of diocese, within each diocese there will be a bishop of that diocese.
The Bishop will have control of all the clergy within his/her diocese.
The Bishop of each diocese will wear a purple Shirt with a slip in white collar.
Diocesan auxiliary Bishop / Bishop's Chaplain
The Diocesan Auxiliary Bishop, works close with the Bishop of the Diocese, the Diocesan Auxiliary Bishop work within the College of Bishop, he/she wears a purple shirt. The collar for the Diocesan Auxiliary Bishop will be white, with a purple shirt.
Dean
The Dean of each area will be placed by the Bishop of that diocese, within this position the member of clergy will wear blue shirt with a white collar.
A dean still remains within the area he/she was the priest.
Canon
The Canon of each area will be placed by the Bishop of that diocese, within this position the member of clergy will wear grayshirt with a white collar.
A Canon still remains within the area he/she was the priest
Priest
Each area within the diocese under the above positions there will be a number of priests for each town, city, etc etc.
This position within the church is the key position, without priests we could not have a Archdiocese, diocese, Archbishops, Bishops, etc etc.
A priest within The Community Church Of Saint John The Divine (Arian Catholic) will wear Black and ONLY Black, with any style Collar.
Deacon
A Deacon is somebody tranning to become a priest within there area. A Deacon will work close with the parish priest. The Deacon will be in a Brown Shirt with a white collar; this is to stand out from the priest.
Religious Orders
(Will Have Their Own Vestments)
Lay Readers
( NO SET UNIFORM )
Church Elders
( NO SET UNIFORM )
Our Altar
Our Altar is the
centre of our worship, and is a place for reverence and respect. We do not worship the Altar, and you will not find any icons palced on our Altars, we do however use candles and incense which were used from the very early times by the true believers.
All great men of God, built Altars to worship the true God. Ex 17:-15; Gen 8:-20;
Our Altar
Our Robes
Our robes or vestments are for the purpose of our clergy when celebrate the sacraments, the bible teaches that the priests wore garments in service to God. Lev 16:-32; Isa 61:-10;
Ex 28:-1-43;
Our robes for the Sacraments
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