
A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. In Roman Catholicism, each parish has the services of a parish priest, who acts as the chaplain to the area. In some countries, a parish priest may have a fellow priest, called a curate, working along with him. Each parish usually has a central church or chapel, called the parish church, where religious services take place. Some larger parishes may have a number of such churches or chapels. With the decline in the numbers of people seeking ordination, in some countries many parishes are now being merged together or are all sharing the services of one priest in a phenomenon known in the United States as ''clustering''. In some countries, parishes are now merely the equivalent of states in the USA, provinces in Canada or counties in England. ---- A parish, sometimes called "civil parish" to distinguish it from a religious one, is also a Parish/Geographical Subdivision used in several parts of the world, Parish/Geographical Subdivision the countries detailed on this link. ==See also== *Parish council *National Parishes (Québec) Anglicanism Christian group structuring Roman Catholic Church organisation Subnational entities
I beleive the parish represents primarily a political or secular system of land division which has been adopted by churches. In Britain the parish was a subdivision of the traditional county until local government was reorganised in 1975. The boundaries of a secular parish may not be now those of any church parish, and churches of different denominations may have different parish boundaries. User:Laurel Bush 15:23, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC). But in England, weren't the pre-1975 parishes equivalent to Church of England parishes? User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 15:34, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) I imagine the C of E tended to follow secular practice. Or, as the established church, was well placed to negotiate agreement with secular government. My main point is that the parish system of land division had (and has now in some respects) a very secular dimension, and this tends, at present, to be obscured by the article. (I believe in England, actually, parishes survive in many areas for the purpose of electing parish councils.) User:Laurel Bush 15:47, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC). Parishes have had secular meaning, but I think you're putting the cart before the horse. In pre-modern days, the most reasonable way to divide up a large unit like a county was based on church parishes, since everyone belonged to one. So they came to be used as a political division because they were already religious divisions. The OED entry on "Parish" supports this, I think. User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 17:13, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) Havent seen the OED entry, but I believe the idea of a parish is Latin, predates any established church, and was in use before the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as its religion. User:Laurel Bush 09:58, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC).
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Words begining with Parish:
Parish
Parish
Parish/Geographical_Subdivision
Parishan
Parishes
Parishes
Parishes_and_dependencies_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_in_Guernsey
Parishes_in_Guernsey
Parishes_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Dubuque
Parishes_of_Andorra
Parishes_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Dominica
Parishes_of_Dominica
Parishes_of_Grenada
Parishes_of_Grenada
Parishes_of_Jamaica
Parishes_of_Lisbon
Parishes_of_Macau
Parishes_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
Parishes_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
Parishes_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
Parishes_of_Sweden
Parishes_of_the_United_States
ParisHilton
Parishville,_New_York
Parish_(town),_New_York
Parish_(town),_Oswego_County,_New_York
Parish_(village),_New_York
Parish_(village),_Oswego_County,_New_York
Parish_Ale
Parish_church
Parish_church
Parish_Church_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_council
Parish_council
Parish_Councils
Parish_Councils
Parish_of_Anthony
Parish_of_Latheron
Parish_of_Olrig
Parish_of_Orleans
Parish_of_Saint_George
Parish_of_Saint_John
Parish_of_Saint_Mary
Parish_of_Saint_Paul
Parish_of_Saint_Peter
Parish_of_Saint_Philip
Parish_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_of_the_Ascension_Burial_Ground,_Cambridge
Parish_register
Parish_seat
Parish
A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. In Roman Catholicism, each parish has the services of a parish priest, who acts as the chaplain to the area. In some countries, a parish priest may have a fellow priest, called a curate, working along with him. Each parish usually has a central church or chapel, called the parish church, where religious services take place. Some larger parishes may have a number of such churches or chapels. With the decline in the numbers of people seeking ordination, in some countries many parishes are now being merged together or are all sharing the services of one priest in a phenomenon known in the United States as ''clustering''. In some countries, parishes are now merely the equivalent of states in the USA, provinces in Canada or counties in England. ---- A parish, sometimes called "civil parish" to distinguish it from a religious one, is also a Parish/Geographical Subdivision used in several parts of the world, Parish/Geographical Subdivision the countries detailed on this link. ==See also== *Parish council *National Parishes (Québec) Anglicanism Christian group structuring Roman Catholic Church organisation Subnational entities
Parish
I beleive the parish represents primarily a political or secular system of land division which has been adopted by churches. In Britain the parish was a subdivision of the traditional county until local government was reorganised in 1975. The boundaries of a secular parish may not be now those of any church parish, and churches of different denominations may have different parish boundaries. User:Laurel Bush 15:23, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC). But in England, weren't the pre-1975 parishes equivalent to Church of England parishes? User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 15:34, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) I imagine the C of E tended to follow secular practice. Or, as the established church, was well placed to negotiate agreement with secular government. My main point is that the parish system of land division had (and has now in some respects) a very secular dimension, and this tends, at present, to be obscured by the article. (I believe in England, actually, parishes survive in many areas for the purpose of electing parish councils.) User:Laurel Bush 15:47, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC). Parishes have had secular meaning, but I think you're putting the cart before the horse. In pre-modern days, the most reasonable way to divide up a large unit like a county was based on church parishes, since everyone belonged to one. So they came to be used as a political division because they were already religious divisions. The OED entry on "Parish" supports this, I think. User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 17:13, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) Havent seen the OED entry, but I believe the idea of a parish is Latin, predates any established church, and was in use before the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as its religion. User:Laurel Bush 09:58, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC).
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Parish
Parish
Parish/Geographical_Subdivision
Parishan
Parishes
Parishes
Parishes_and_dependencies_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_in_Guernsey
Parishes_in_Guernsey
Parishes_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Dubuque
Parishes_of_Andorra
Parishes_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Barbados
Parishes_of_Dominica
Parishes_of_Dominica
Parishes_of_Grenada
Parishes_of_Grenada
Parishes_of_Jamaica
Parishes_of_Lisbon
Parishes_of_Macau
Parishes_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
Parishes_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
Parishes_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
Parishes_of_Sweden
Parishes_of_the_United_States
ParisHilton
Parishville,_New_York
Parish_(town),_New_York
Parish_(town),_Oswego_County,_New_York
Parish_(village),_New_York
Parish_(village),_Oswego_County,_New_York
Parish_Ale
Parish_church
Parish_church
Parish_Church_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_council
Parish_council
Parish_Councils
Parish_Councils
Parish_of_Anthony
Parish_of_Latheron
Parish_of_Olrig
Parish_of_Orleans
Parish_of_Saint_George
Parish_of_Saint_John
Parish_of_Saint_Mary
Parish_of_Saint_Paul
Parish_of_Saint_Peter
Parish_of_Saint_Philip
Parish_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi
Parish_of_the_Ascension_Burial_Ground,_Cambridge
Parish_register
Parish_seat
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