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CCOC's Definition of Clericalism


CCOC's Definition of Clericalism - Catholics for Change in Our Church

What Is CCOC's Definition of Clericalism? September 2019. Clericalism is a set of attitudes, practices, and structures that set ordained ministers apart ...

What is clericalism?

Clericalism has a double meaning. First, it refers to dividing the Church into two sectors: clergy and laity. When this happens, some clergymen ...

Addressing Clericalism | CCOC

Clericalism is a many-faceted reality in our Church. Among its ... CCOC believes clericalism to be at the root of many ills that plague our Church ...

Clericalism - Wikipedia

Clericalism is the application of the formal, church-based leadership or opinion of ordained clergy in matters of the church or in broader political and ...

Clericalism: Problems Past, Present, and Future

Conversely, Hardon, in the Modern Catholic Dictionary, defines clericalism as “the advocacy of exaggerated claims on the part of the clergy, ...

What is “clericalism?” - Aleteia

In the pithy description of Pope Francis, it's when “Clerics feel they are superior, [and when] they are far from the people.” Yet, as Pope ...

Clericalism? No! Priestliness? Yes! - National Catholic Register

Well, clericalism is the belief that priests and bishops should have prerogatives, privileges and entitlements, and that they should be treated ...

Ask Fr. Jerry: What is clericalism - Catholic Herald

... means, can you help me to understand it? A simple definition from the Oxford dictionary of the word clericalism is the “misuse or ...

Clericalism, Abuse, and the Identity of Priests | EWTN

Clericalism, again in the context of Church but in the aftermath of abuse, also means having a misplaced sense of responsibility to protect institutional ...