What does the term "Canon to the Ordinary" mean in the Episcopal Church?
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According to the Connecticut Diocese website:\n\nThe Canon to the Ordinary provides counsel to to the Diocesan bishop. With the bishop, the Canon oversees the ordination process, including the one-year program of ordinands training. They also work with clergy and lay professionals who are planning to attend programs of continuing education, or to take sabbaticals. The office coordinates several events for all diocesan clergy (deacons, priests and bishops). With others, they are also involved in parish development, from working with aided parishes or parishes in conflict, to recommending programs for parish renewal and growth.
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There's a chain of command for confession. Regular Folk - Priest - Bishop - Archbishop - Cardinal - Pope - God.
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Did we miss the first part of this? I don't get the question.\n\n\nI am not Anglican, but I feel sorry for anyone who would not want to leave the church. A Bishop is supposed to be 'above reproach',  how can any so-called Christian church allow such a horrible abomination within the clergy. It makes no sense atol.
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It rather depends.  In a worst case scenario, assuming everyone is baptized, the two prospective spouses exchange vows in the presence of two witnesses.  There is no obligation that they have civil authority or that they are ordained to the ministry.  This assumes the ordinary method is unavailable.  Jesus said, "Whereever two or more are gathered in my name, I am there."  Therefore, marriage creates a church (an ecclesia or community of God).  As such, it should be celebrated within the community of believers, preferrably by a bishop or presbyter.  The Roman Patriarchate also permits Deacons to officiate weddings.\n\nIn the Eastern Church matrimony is separate from the divine liturgy, in the West it usually is included as part of the Mass.\n\nIf any of the above are not baptized, then its sacramentality is open to question per both Paul and Peter.
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I did a little checking. Most Saints with commoner names are differentiated by saying 'of such and such a place' Example: St. Francis of Assisi & St. Francis de Sales. The closest I saw to use of a last name is this:\nSt. Thomas Aquinus and St. Thomas More.
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Although the meaning of the word seems to be different depending on the outlook of the asker "Orthodox Christians" seem to believe much like the Catholic faith. They are not in the same boat as Roman Catholics, which are united with the Pope in Rome, (they are not). But the faith seems to be similar.
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Actually, the honorary is "Holy Father." That's the custom of the Catholic Church ... "your grace" and "your emminence" are used for cardinals. Bishops and archbishops are "Bishop Smith," priests are "Father Smith" or "Father Tom," and monsignors are "Monsignor Smith."
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A form of religion, dictionary says; Of or relating to ecclesiastical government by presbyters. \nPresbyterian Of or relating to a Presbyterian Church.
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Its 'Holy See'. it refers to the title of Pope...
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I don't know about bishops in particular but I do know that nuns at one time acted as a harem for the monks. It was a way to keep the monks from straying out into the outside world and commiting sins in the public. It's true, I swear.
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For Catholics part of this is called being in the state of sanctifying grace.  What this means is for a baptized person not having any serious "mortal sin" (1 Jn 5:16-17) on their soul (unconfessed).  While sounding technical it is very simple and honest.  While in this state being an example of Christ for others is what I call "walking with God".
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Actually it is the Regularis Concordia, and it was a set of monastic rules and canon set down in 972 and used throughout England after that time. It is commonly associated with the story of St Dunstan who, it is said, took part in the conference that created it.
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Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative.
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We have a copy of the canon law (Roman Catholic).  Have you checked your local Christian book store? Even if they don't have a copy they can order one for you.\n\nI assume when you say Orthadox you mean Eastern.  Here's a link that I found which my help: http://experts.about.com/q/Eastern-Orthodox-1456/canon-versus-inspired.htm
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See site below. It says, "We refer to Holy Orders and Matrimony as the sacraments of vocation, a word that comes from the Latin for “call.” We are all called by God."\n\nSo, the sacraments of vocation are - in Catholicism - the call to either marriage (Matrimony) or to serve the church as a priest, nun, etc. (Holy Orders).
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Andrew M is perfectly correct on the history.  There is also now a big difference in church services and in church organisation.\n\nAnglican services are very stylised and formal, and proceed according to scripts laid down in the "Book of Common Prayer".  However, services in Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and United Reformed churches are all quite different from that and very similar to each other, with less formality, and with mostly extempore prayers.\n\nThe Anglican church has a pyramidal structure of authority with the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury at the top, and  permanent holders of office at several subsidiary levels.  The other denominations listed above have generally only two levels - ordained ministers, and superiors who are elected from among them for a fixed period and who then return to being ordinary ministers.  This probably counts as a bigger difference than the style of service.
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Ordinary Man,\n\nPerfection is received by faith at salvation when our old nature dies figuratively, and our new righteous life begins. Sanctification is the process where we respond to God’s grace with faith and obedience to become more like Jesus. The process of sanctification is only complete at our physical death when our old nature completely dies, and we receive our glorified bodies and the true perfection that we received by faith in the beginning.\n\nGod bless.