Questions tagged [church-discipline]
rules and punishments applied by church organizations to their members
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According to scripture, in what sense are believers meant to be ‘accountable’ to a local church group?
I have often heard it said that believers need to be members of a local church in order to be ‘accountable’. I am assuming all believers understand that they should regularly fellowship with a local ...
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How should I report a priest for promoting sin?
Last summer I was traveling and I stopped for mass in another state. Throughout mass I was rather uncomfortable due the celebrant's demeanor/conduct, but I brushed it off as "just a bad case of ...
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How do those who hold to a view of open communion practice church discipline?
In the news recently is a discussion in the Roman Catholic Church about not giving Holy Communion to certain politicians who argue that 3rd trimester infants in utero are not to be acknowledged as ...
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Is shunning/disfellowshipping biblical in Protestant churches?
Is this practice supported by the Christian bible ? Please argument your response with biblical support.
We have this practice in our Pentecostal church and no matter from which angle I view it, I ...
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Do Apostolic successionists allow for 'binding and loosing' powers apart from posession of the 'keys'
In Matthew 16 we see Jesus conferring the keys of the kingdom:
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on ...
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Is celibacy essential to the Catholic priesthood?
Question: What are the theological (not practical) reasons for Catholic priests being celibate? In other words, is celibacy (or at least perpetual continence) essential to the Catholic priesthood?
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Was there an official Church of England response to the 2002 survey of clergy beliefs?
A 2002 survey of nearly 2000 Church of England clergy uncovered some worrying statistics:
a third doubted or disbelieved in the physical resurrection
only half were convinced of the truth of the ...
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Shunning Reconciled with New Testament
Jehovah's Witnesses shun people who fall foul of scriptural law,
Jehovah’s Witness kids grow up knowing that if they ever mess up, their parents will leave them — and that’s scary (quote from ...
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How is the command to "Take it to the Church" interpreted in light of Protestant Ecclesiology?
Matthew 18:15-18 (DRB) But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee, ...
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When a Jehovah's Witness is reinstated how does the congregation react?
When a disfellowshipped person takes the steps necessary to be accepted back into the Jehovah's Witness faith an announcement is made to the congregation informing all of the reinstatement of this ...
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How have Churches interpreted handing people over to Satan?
In Paul's letter to Timothy, Paul mentions that Alexander and Hymenaeus were handed over to Satan to 'be taught not to blaspheme'. What is an overview on how churches have interpreted handing people ...
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Why wouldn't a practicing Catholic joke about the Sacraments and what would happen if they did?
Stephen Colbert is a high profile entertainer and an out-an-proud Roman Catholic.
As reported by the Daily Beast, prior to taking on his new role as host of the The Late Show, he sat down in an ...
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Why did the Western and Eastern churches react to their respective states so differently?
In Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley points out a key distinction between Western and Eastern Christianity: how each has related to the State through history.
Ambrose had hit upon the ...
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Can a practicing Catholic be an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church Monastery?
Stephen Colbert's wikipedia bio states:
Colbert is a practicing Roman Catholic and a Sunday school teacher and an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church Monastery.
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Who disciplines who within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church?
Restricting as much as is possible to the Pope, Bishops, Priests and Deacons, who disciplines who within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church?
Does that change whether it is in the Western Church or ...
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