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- Dictionarypastoral/ˈpɑːst(ə)rəl/
adjective
- 1. (of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle: "scattered pastoral farms"
- 2. (in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance: "pastoral and doctrinal issues" Similar
noun
- 1. a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life: "the story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labour"
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3 days ago · Pastoral care has always been of special importance in the Christian community. The biographies of the great charismatic ministers, beginning with the Fathers of the Eastern church and the Western church, testify to surprising variations of this pastoral care. The principal interest of pastoral care—whether exercised by clergy or ...
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Sep 16, 2024 · Pastoral Positions In Church. Let’s start with the simplest church positions: the pastoral staff. A Quick Note: Now, some will make the case that some of the following positions shouldn’t be called ‘pastor’, or that some positions NOT in this section SHOULD have the ‘pastor’ label. Both are fair arguments.
2 days ago · Christianity developed during the 1st century AD as a Jewish Christian sect with Hellenistic influence [29] of Second Temple Judaism. [30][31] An early Jewish Christian community was founded in Jerusalem under the leadership of the Pillars of the Church, namely James the Just, the brother of Jesus, Peter, and John.
Sep 11, 2024 · The pastoral prayer is an opportunity for a pastor to intercede on behalf of his congregation and bring their concerns before the Lord—to pray for his people with his people. This means it is often a comparatively lengthy prayer, which is why it is sometimes known as the “long prayer.”
2 days ago · Generally, Protestants see fulfillment of the goal of ecumenism as consisting in general agreements on teachings about central issues of faith, with mutual pastoral accountability between the diverse churches regarding the teachings of salvation.
3 days ago · Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the ...
1 day ago · Christianity is a major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century CE. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused.
