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Clergy
(Gk.
kleros
, an object used in casting lots, as by Jewish priests, Deuteronomy 18. 1 ff.). Designated religious leaders, especially in Christianity by means of
ordination
. The term ‘clergy’ is sometimes used of functionaries in other religions (e.g. mullahs in Islam), but none have anything like the same order or succession or duties.
kleros
, an object used in casting lots, as by Jewish priests, Deuteronomy 18. 1 ff.). Designated religious leaders, especially in Christianity by means of
ordination
. The term ‘clergy’ is sometimes used of functionaries in other religions (e.g. mullahs in Islam), but none have anything like the same order or succession or duties.
Cloud of Unknowing, The
.
.
English mystical treatise of the 14th cent. The author, whose anonymity has remained inviolate, stands in the line of
Dionysian
influence. The author teaches that God cannot be known by human reason and that in
contemplation
the soul is conscious of a ‘cloud of unknowing’ between itself and God which can only be penetrated by ‘a sharp dart of love’.
Dionysian
influence. The author teaches that God cannot be known by human reason and that in
contemplation
the soul is conscious of a ‘cloud of unknowing’ between itself and God which can only be penetrated by ‘a sharp dart of love’.
Cluny
.
.
Benedictine (
Benedict
)
abbey
in Burgundy (France), founded in 909/10. It became a centre of renewal in the Church and in monastic practice. During the 12th cent., the influence of Cluny began to decline, although the abbey itself survived until 1790.
Benedict
)
abbey
in Burgundy (France), founded in 909/10. It became a centre of renewal in the Church and in monastic practice. During the 12th cent., the influence of Cluny began to decline, although the abbey itself survived until 1790.
CMS
or Church Missionary Society.
or Church Missionary Society.
Anglican society founded in 1799 ‘to proclaim the Gospel in all lands and to gather the people of all races into the fellowship of Christ's church’. Its theology has always been
evangelical
.
evangelical
.
Coal
.
.
A description among Coptic, Ethiopic, and E. Syrian Christians of the sacramental body of
Christ
. The description is derived from Isaiah 6. 6 f.
Christ
. The description is derived from Isaiah 6. 6 f.
Cobb, J.
(exponent of process theology)
:
(exponent of process theology)
:
Codex Iuris Canonici
(Lat., Code of
Canon
Law). The collection of all laws obtaining in the Roman Catholic churches of the Latin Rite—the Eastern or Oriental Rite churches have their own Codex.
Canon
Law). The collection of all laws obtaining in the Roman Catholic churches of the Latin Rite—the Eastern or Oriental Rite churches have their own Codex.
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