See also:

• HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, holy, and apxe.v, to rule)

HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, See also:

• HOLY

holy, and apxe.v, to See also:

• RULE

rule)  , the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a steward or See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of See also:

• HOLY

holy things, not a ruler of priests " or " priestly ruler " (see Boeckh, Corp. inscr . Gr . No . 1570), a See also:

• TERM

term commonly used in ecclesiastical See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language to denote the aggregate of those persons who exercise authority within the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, the patriarchate, episcopate or entire three-See also:

• FOLD

fold See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy . The word lepapxia, which does not occur in any classical See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek writer, owes its See also:

• PRESENT

present extensive currency to the celebrated writings of See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius Areopagiticus . Of these the most important are the two which treat of the See also:

• CELESTIAL, OR STELLAR

celestial and of the ecclesiastical See also:

• HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, holy, and apxe.v, to rule)

hierarchy respectively . De-fining hierarchy as the " See also:

• FUNCTION

function which comprises all sacred things," or, more fully, as " a sacred order and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and activity, assimilated as far as possible to the godlike, and elevated to the See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• GOD

God proportionately to the Divine illuminations conceded to it," the author proceeds to enumerate the nine orders of the heavenly See also:

• HOST

host, which are subdivided again into hierarchies or triads, in descending order, thus: See also:

• SERAPHIM

Seraphim, See also:

• CHERUBIM

Cherubim, Thrones; Dominations, Virtues, See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers; Principalities, Archangels, Angels . These all exist for the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• OBJECT

object of raising men through ascending stages of See also:

• PURIFICATION

purification and See also:

• ILLUMINATION

illumination to perfection . The ecclesiastical or earthly hierarchy is the counterpart of the other . In it the first or highest triad is formed by See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism, communion and See also:

• CHRISM (through Lat. chrisma, from Gr. xpavua, an anointing substance, Xpiew , to anoint; through a Romanic form cresma comes the Fr. creme, and Eng. " cream ")

chrism . The second triad consists of the three orders of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop or hierarch, See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest and See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister or See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon (iepapxns, iepeus, Xetrovpryos); this is the earliest known in-stance in which the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title hierarch is applied to a bishop . The third or lowest triad is made up of monks, " initiated " and catechumens .

To Dionysius may be traced, through See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• AQUINAS, THOMAS [Thomas of AQUIN or AQUINO], (c 1227--1274)

Aquinas and other See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic writers of the intervening See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition of the term usually given by See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholic writers—" coetus seu ordo praesidum et sacrorum ministrorum ad regendam ecclesiam gignendamque in hominibus sanctitatem divinitus institutus"'—although it immediately rests upon the authority of the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• CANON

canon of the twenty-third session of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent, in which See also:

• ANATHEMA (from Gr. avarz6 'cu, to lift up)

anathema is pronounced upon all who deny the existence within the Catholic Church of a hierarchy instituted by divine See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, and consisting of bishops, priests and ministers.2 (See ORDER, HOLY) .