Chapter (religion)
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A chapter (
Name
The name derives from the habit of convening
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Cathedral chapter
A cathedral chapter is the body ("
In the event of an episcopal vacancy, cathedral chapters are sometimes charged with election of the bishop's replacement and with the government of the diocese. They are made up of
In the Catholic Church, the chapter appoints its own treasurer, secretary, and sacristan and - since the Council of Trent - canon theologian[3] and canon penitentiary.[4] The same council approved of other local offices,[5] which might include precentors, chamberlains (camerarii), almoners (eleemosynarii), hospitalarii, portarii, primicerii, or custodes. Canons are sometimes given the functions of punctator and hebdomadarius as well.[1] In the Church of England, the chapter includes lay members, a chancellor who oversees its educational functions, and a precentor who oversees its musical services. Some Church of England cathedrals have "lesser" and "greater" chapters with separate functions.
In the
Collegiate chapter
A collegiate chapter is a similar body of canons who oversee a collegiate church other than a cathedral.
General chapter
A general chapter is a general assembly of monks,
Chapter of faults
A chapter of faults is a gathering for public correction of infractions against community rules and for self-criticism separate from standard confession.[9][10]
Orders of knighthood
The assembled body of knights of a military or
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Cath. Enc. (1910).
- ^ a b c d EB (1911).
- ^ Sess. V, Cap. i.
- ^ Sess. XXIV, Cap. viii.
- ^ Sess. XXV, cap. vi.
- ^ "Glossary of Terms".
- ^ Sage Journal Publishers website, Benedictine Governance System and Agency Problems published in "Accounting in the organisation and life of a religious institution: The Monastery of Santa Ana in the eighteenth century", by Delfina Gomes et al, Accounting History, Volume 27, Issue 4
- ^ Order of Friars Minor in Great Britain website, Chapter of Mats
- ^ Brill Reference Works website, Chapter of Faults, by Stephan Haerig, in Religion Past and Present, published 2011
- ^ Abbaye Saint Pierre Solesmes website, Chapter of Faults
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 855.
- Fanning, William (1908). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
Further reading
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- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 398. .
- Cripps, H. W. (1937). A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to the Church and Clergy (8th ed.). K. M. Macmorran. pp. 127–146.