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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Mar 10 22:12:56 2010, in response to Re: St. Pat's For All Parade, posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Tue Mar 9 20:31:02 2010. "He is not entitled to the style "the Reverend". He is not an Anglican, Catholic, or Orthodox deacon or priest, and he is not the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The correct Protestant usage is not to use a style, but to use the titles "Mister", "Brother", "Pastor", or "Elder". "EVER HEAR OF THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM ? EH? oh...here is an entry from WIKIPEDIA about the word: The Reverend is a style most often used as a prefix to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address or title of respect.[1][2] The style is also sometimes used by leaders in non-Christian religions such as Judaism and Buddhism.[citation needed] The term is an Anglicisation of the Latin reverendus, the style originally used in Latin documents by the Roman Catholic Church. It is the future passive participle of the verb revereri (to respect) which may be taken as a gerundive or a passive periphrastic, therefore meaning [one who is] to be respected/must be respected. The Reverend is therefore equivalent to The Hono(u)rable or The Venerable.[citation needed] It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: e.g., Roman Catholic bishops are usually styled The Most Reverend (reverendissimus); Anglican bishops are styled The Right Reverend; some Reformed churches have used The Reverend Mister as a style for their clergy. Protestant In some countries, such as the United States, the term Pastor (such as Pastor Smith in more formal address or Pastor John in less formal) is often used rather than the Reverend or Reverend. The Reverend, however, is still often used in more formal or official written communication. The United Methodist Church in the United States often addresses its ministers as Reverend (Reverend Smith). Among Southern Baptists in the United States, Reverend is formally written but the pastor is usually orally addressed as Mister (such as Mister Smith) or, in more traditional instances, Brother (Brother Smith), as New Testament writers describe Christians as being brothers and sisters in Christ. [Mat. 12:50] |
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