How were pastors ordained in the Bible?compaired to today?
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It is the Lord's administration.  The Lord assigns some to be Apostles, Evangelists, Prophets, Pastors & Teachers. (Eph.4:11)\n\nAnyone can call himself a Pastor, but that doesn't mean he is a Pastor called of God.\n\nIn Christianity, if a person isn't called to be a Pastor by the Lord Jesus Christ, person isn't really a true Pastor (even if he does start his own church).  Pastor not called of God to be a Pastor is really a hypocrite.  Or, if a born again Christian, doing something in their own understanding that isn't the Lord's calling and won't be successful.
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Yes.  Technically even the ones who have been laicized perform valid sacraments but are forbidden to do so except in emergency situations.  As to the ordinary married priests either of the Roman Church or in the Eastern Churches, their ordination is certainly valid.  A sizeable segment of the Catholic Church has always ordained married men.  Most married men ordained to the Roman Patriarch are done under the principal of economy.  Examples are Anglican priests, Methodist ministers and I think there may have been a Presbyterian or two.  The Orthodox of course do not need to be ordained again as they are already ordained.
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the Bible, it tells us that in ancient times God was "the Holy One of Israel," and as such he demanded that Israel be clean, unsullied. (Psalm 89:18) He told his chosen people: "You must prove yourselves holy, because I am holy." (Leviticus 11:45) Anyone who wanted to "ascend into the mountain of God" had to be "innocent in his hands and clean in heart." (Psalm 24:3, 4) That meant more than merely avoiding sinful acts. It meant "the hating of bad."—Proverbs 8:13.\n\nWhen the congregation of Christians became "the Israel of God," similar moral standards were laid down for them. (Galatians 6:16) Christians too were to "abhor what is wicked." (Romans 12:9) God's words to Israel also applied to them: "You must be holy, because I am holy." (1 Peter 1:15, 16) Such unholy practices as fornication and adultery, etc. were not to corrupt the Christian congregation. Those refusing to stop engaging in such things would be excluded from God's Kingdom. (Romans 1:26, 27; 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10; Hebrews 13:4) In these "last days," the same standards apply to all who call themselves Christians. (2 Timothy 3:1; John 10:16) \n\nIf Church leaders know their bible, then they would know they have a responsibility to keep the church and/or congregation clean from those who practice sin willfully.
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The clergy had the power to do such things/and such as many do today got mixed up in politics. Clergy with 'power' are not supposed to be a part of Christianity. As you know the common people were not even allowed to possess a bible at that time. Better to keep the people terrified and ignorant is you like your 'position.'\n\nI realize that many of those tortured were Jewish or accused of being Jewish as they were good merchants. It was  mostly about GREED and POWER- not very different from what rules the world today.\n\nThey were obviously not true followers of Christ. Christianity is about equality and love of your neighbor.  We are all supposed to be equal in God's eyes.
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God married them, just like God marries EVERY man and wife. Adam actually officiated his own wedding and God served as the witness. (Genesis 2:23-25)
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If you are a seperate ministry (ie not linked to any other religious org) you may simply record the person as ordained in your church records thus making them legally ordained.  As for the rite, that varies.
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If this is a denominational church, go to the area Bishop or Overseer (different names for different denominations.)\n\nIf this is a non-denominational church, it's trickier:  you'd tell the Elders, who should reason with the pastor.\n\nEither way, the Bible is clear:  a pastor MUST be the "husband of one wife" and he must be sexually pure.  In other words, no divorce allowed (unless for the other spouse's adultry) and no fooling around.  Several years ago, Pastor Charles Stanley, former head of the Southern Baptist Convention, was divorced by his wife.  He vowed to his church that he wouldn't remarry so he could be faithful to these central teachings of the Bible.  Unfortunately, not all pastors are obedient to God's word, like Pastor Stanley.\n\nIf the Elders do nothing, you have no choice:  you MUST tell the Church and insist that the problem be addressed.\n\nThere is one caution that I'd like to pass along to you:  the Bible says no one should question an elder of the Church (this includes a pastor) unless there are at least two witnesses.  However, if you have other uncontrovertible evidence, such as pictures, I'm sure this is acceptable.  If there's even the SLIGHTEST chance you're wrong, you shouldn't make a ruckus.  Remember:  unsubstantiated gossip is a sin.\n\nPeace.
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No a woman is not supposed to be a Priest, or Pastor as these are positions of authority over men.\n1Ti 2:12  But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. \nThe idea is that the headship is given to the man, and the woman should not take authority over the man.  Just like the husband is the head of the house.  Women filled many other positions, preached, taught, deacons, and others.\nThe only priests are in the Old Testament.  But priests there were men, the Apostles all men.
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Ordination is the process in which clergy become authorized by their religious denomination and/or seminary to perform religious rituals and ceremonies or otherwise to minister in a clerical capacity.\n\nIn the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Oriental Orthodox churches, the ordination is the same thing as Holy Orders and can be adminstered only by a bishop in a line of succession of bishops dating back to the Apostles. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches hold that ordination to the priesthood confers supernatural powers including the power to perform the transubstantiation, the power to absolve the sins of penitents, and various others.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIn most Protestant churches, ordination is the rite by which the Church\n\nrecognizes and confirms that an individual's has been called by God to the ministry of Word and Sacrament, \nacknowledges that the individual has gone through a period of discernment and training related to this call, and \nauthorizes that individual to take on the office of ministry. \nFor the sake of authorization and church order (and not for reason of 'powers' or 'ability'), individuals in most mainline Protestant churches must be ordained in order to preside at the sacraments (Baptism and Holy Communion) and to be installed as a called pastor of a congregation/parish.
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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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Actually the laws that were done away with are the "laws contained in ordinances".\nSite:\nhttp://community.webshots.com/photo/80628344/2012353330047993148Lqpai\n\nMany people confuse these with the Seventh Day Sabbath and Sabbath Feast Days.\n\n\nThe Laws Contained in Ordinances = Eph.2:15 & Col.2:15\n**It seems that most believe these two texts are saying that the Sabbath and/or Sabbath Feasts are done away with. Let me ask you a question: who wrote these books; wasn't it Paul? Paul kept the Sabbath (Acts 17:2) & Sabbath Feasts (Rom.5:11) like Jesus; then these texts must not be talking about that, when the Bible says to follow Jesus (Col.2:6) and the Apostles (Eph.2:20). If you believe the Bible is inspired (2Tim.3:16) & is the truth (John 17:17); continue on!\n**If everyone read the Bible clearly on these matters like Jesus did; then they're wouldn't be false interpetations! The Bible says in Colossians 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you....which are a shadow of things to come" inwhich Jesus showed openly.\nIt explains some of these ordinances in Colossians 2:20-22 "Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?"\nNow Hebrews 9:9-13 explains it more! \nSee: Heb.9:10 "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and diverse washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation."\nThe other part to this about "judging on the Sabbath,...etc." are in: \nMark 2:23-28; 7:2-23; Luke 13:10-16; 14:1-3 & John 5:8-10; 7:23-24.\nNotice in every matter; the Pharisees thought it was wrong to eat with unwashed hands, to heal on the Sabbath, helping out people/animals on the Sabbath as other things; but Jesus always came back with Bible answers to them!\nSo what is actually done away with is "the judging of these days" and the animal sacrifices!
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Preacher, Pastor, Minister, Chaplain, Priest are basicly the different words for the same person.\n\nIn some lay people can be licenced to preach but not be a pastor.\n\nPastor can also be an assitant to the head pastor, and so on\n\nA Chaplain is normally a Minister or Priest who works normally as a non denominational ministery working with the homeless, hospital, military and so on.&#92;&#92;\n\nSo why not go to the person, what ever his title is that heads your church and discuss your relisgion issues with them.
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He was crucified because the men of that day, the ones with power to lose, wanted him out of the picture.  Plain and simple. He was preaching love one another and share your wealth and turn the other cheek ( I do have a problem with that last one) and they felt threatened, so they put pressure to have him removed.  Hard core politics. Personally, I feel the bible was written by men to control men. Not in a bad way but in a way to set a standard by which we can live. And if we follow these standards, we will mostly, remain within the law and not hurt one another nor upset the 'upper crust's' apple cart. That is the way they want it.  Then and now. God did not sit down with Moses and have him carve out 10 rules to live by. (Only 10?)  Tell you what, go to Washington D.C. and tell the world what an idiot the president is.  You have a right to speak out, you may not be lying, and you certainly have not sinned, but there will be those who will want you removed. And you will be. Although today you will not be crucified, only evacuated.
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i believe that there are annual church conferences with representatives from churches all over who vote and decide on various things one of those being whether a pastor stays or goes. For example at my grandfathers church he had the same pastor for 10 or 11 years and then in the last 4 years they have had 3 different people.
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I suppose he had his own authority since he founded his own church.  But I agree, the Deuterocanon should not have been taken out of the Bible.  I have pointed out on this site more than once that Protestants would be much better off to read them, regardless of whether they believe in them or not.
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I think the 10 commandments still apply but the things people in the old testament had to do, like sacrifices to forgive sins and going to a priest or the head to talk to God no long apply.  Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice and it says that "No one gets to the father except through me [Jesus]."  Hope that helps.
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Not in Bible. I thought the Catholics stopped that practice on the 60's? Maybe some still do? They are not consistent from place to place-but who else is.