Questions tagged [church-discipline]
rules and punishments applied by church organizations to their members
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How should I report a priest for promoting sin?
Last summer I was traveling and I stopped for mass in another state. Throughout mass I was rather uncomfortable due the celebrant's demeanor/conduct, but I brushed it off as "just a bad case of ...
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What is an overview of methods used by Christian churches to discipline their members?
The term discipline conjures up a huge range of actions in most people's minds. A parent disciplining a child could mean time-outs in the corner or a swat on the rear, not getting to hang out with ...
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How do those who hold to a view of open communion practice church discipline?
In the news recently is a discussion in the Roman Catholic Church about not giving Holy Communion to certain politicians who argue that 3rd trimester infants in utero are not to be acknowledged as ...
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Is shunning/disfellowshipping biblical in Protestant churches?
Is this practice supported by the Christian bible ? Please argument your response with biblical support.
We have this practice in our Pentecostal church and no matter from which angle I view it, I ...
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Why did the Western and Eastern churches react to their respective states so differently?
In Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley points out a key distinction between Western and Eastern Christianity: how each has related to the State through history.
Ambrose had hit upon the ...
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Do Apostolic successionists allow for 'binding and loosing' powers apart from posession of the 'keys'
In Matthew 16 we see Jesus conferring the keys of the kingdom:
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on ...
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Is celibacy essential to the Catholic priesthood?
Question: What are the theological (not practical) reasons for Catholic priests being celibate? In other words, is celibacy (or at least perpetual continence) essential to the Catholic priesthood?
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Shunning Reconciled with New Testament
Jehovah's Witnesses shun people who fall foul of scriptural law,
Jehovah’s Witness kids grow up knowing that if they ever mess up, their parents will leave them — and that’s scary (quote from ...
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Is adultery grounds for excommunication or other discipline in a Jehovah's Witness Church?
I think the title says it all. Are there rules/guidelines for Church Discipline for members of the Church that are blatantly involved in adultery?
Specifically, I'm referring to well-known, ...
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What does Paul intend to say in 1 Corinthians 5:5?
To be more clear, how can the person be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ by delivering such person (sexual immoral) to Satan for the destruction of the flesh?
1 Corinthians 5:5 (NKJV)
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Was there an official Church of England response to the 2002 survey of clergy beliefs?
A 2002 survey of nearly 2000 Church of England clergy uncovered some worrying statistics:
a third doubted or disbelieved in the physical resurrection
only half were convinced of the truth of the ...
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According to SDA can all pastors forgive sin, or just the original twelve apostles?
I have a question relating to Matthew 18:18. I want to specifically ask the Seventh-day Adventist church about this.
It says:
"I can assure you that when you speak judgment here on earth, it will
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Can a practicing Catholic be an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church Monastery?
Stephen Colbert's wikipedia bio states:
Colbert is a practicing Roman Catholic and a Sunday school teacher and an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church Monastery.
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How is the command to "Take it to the Church" interpreted in light of Protestant Ecclesiology?
Matthew 18:15-18 (DRB) But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee, ...
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What actions does the LDS church (Mormon) take when a member does not pay tithing?
According to official policy, what happens to members of the LDS church who do not pay their tithing? Specifically, what happens to those who:
Forget to pay tithing for an extended period of time, or
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How have Churches interpreted handing people over to Satan?
In Paul's letter to Timothy, Paul mentions that Alexander and Hymenaeus were handed over to Satan to 'be taught not to blaspheme'. What is an overview on how churches have interpreted handing people ...
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When a Jehovah's Witness is reinstated how does the congregation react?
When a disfellowshipped person takes the steps necessary to be accepted back into the Jehovah's Witness faith an announcement is made to the congregation informing all of the reinstatement of this ...
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Was Paul advocating killing a man because of sexual immorality?
1 Corinthians 5:5 (NIV)
5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
Here we have Paul referring to a man that was ...
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Did the early church record other events of handing people over to Satan?
Did the early church record other events of handing people over to Satan?
So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to ...
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Why wouldn't a practicing Catholic joke about the Sacraments and what would happen if they did?
Stephen Colbert is a high profile entertainer and an out-an-proud Roman Catholic.
As reported by the Daily Beast, prior to taking on his new role as host of the The Late Show, he sat down in an ...
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Who disciplines who within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church?
Restricting as much as is possible to the Pope, Bishops, Priests and Deacons, who disciplines who within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church?
Does that change whether it is in the Western Church or ...
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What is the significance of the message “every case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses” in 2 Corinthians 13:1?
In 2 Corinthians, Paul mentioned that it was the third time he was going to visit the people there, and he added that "As the scriptures say, the facts of every case must be established by the ...
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How can we practice Matthew 18:15 in a public forum? [closed]
Over at Judaism.SE, there's a question: How should we respond to objectionable content in a public forum? It got me thinking, how should we apply Jesus' teaching on reconciliation:
“If your ...
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Should non-believers be allowed in church?
Very interesting and very edgy question. The mention of Church in the Bible is often referring to the multitudes of Christians and not just the building. I'm curious about the building in this ...
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How should other churches respond to a pastor and congregation who live contrary to the Gospel?
The news recently had a case of a pastor and two deacons who beat up the pastor's nephew and the nephew's boyfriend on church property in order to prevent the homosexual couple from entering. This ...
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What is the purpose of church discipline?
What is the end goal or purpose of church discipline and how is this defined in Scripture? What is the relation (if any) between church discipline and God's discipline?
Lets keep the implementation ...
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