What's the difference between archdeacon and synodal?
Archdeacon
Definition:
(n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph has always contained prayers and readings from scripture, and the fact that it continues to be so central a part of our public life would suggest that it is meeting people's pastoral needs," said the Venerable Peter Eagles, archdeacon for the army.
(2) For the first time in the church's history, the new archbishop was installed on his diocesan throne by a woman, the Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury.
(3) Although the role falls to the archdeacon regardless of gender, the precedent will delight those Anglicans who, like Welby, remain in favour of the introduction of women bishops despite the General Synod's no-vote on the issue last November.
(4) "I think that, in order to regain our credibility in our society, we have got to act – not too hastily, we have got to take time to listen to each other," said Jane Hedges, canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster.
(5) Her previous role as canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster involved greeting and accompanying senior members of the royal family at the most high-profile services.
(6) Many of the senior clergy in York are women, among them the dean of the cathedral, Viv Faull, and the archdeacon of York, Sarah Bullock, who preached the sermon.
(7) The then archdeacon of Sheffield, Stephen Lowe, who organised priests to help families at the boys' club, has described the police operation there as "utter chaos".
(8) Whatever house you enter, first say ‘peace to this house’ …” In the sermon, the archdeacon of York, the venerable Sarah Bullock, described God as “God our midwife”, and preached on a Christmas episode of BBC1’s Call the Midwife.
(9) The Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury, took a central role in the ceremony, which marks the beginning of Welby's public ministry.
(10) He will be led to the diocesan throne by the Venerable Sheila Watson, the archdeacon of Canterbury.
(11) Leonard's career in the 1950s and 60s as curate, incumbent, director of church schools and archdeacon was exemplary.
(12) Stephen Lowe, then the archdeacon of Sheffield, said "there was no organisation, no information, no sense of the police working in partnership," at the Hillsborough boys' club where anxious families were kept waiting for news, which was overseen by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, then an inspector in the South Yorkshire police.
(13) Treweek has been archdeacon of Northolt, one of the church's middle management positions, and moved to Hackney in 2011.
(14) The letter’s supporters come from 38 out 42 dioceses, include three deans and eight archdeacons and – according to the organisers – represent all traditions within the church.
(15) The intention is that eight members would be elected regionally from within bishops' senior staff teams (that include deans, archdeacons and others)."
(16) Bayes is one of a dozen prominent church figures – including two bishops, a former bishop, the dean of St Paul’s cathedral and two archdeacons – to contribute to a book aimed at evangelical members of the Church of England, who are among the most resistant to accepting lesbian and gay people in the church.
(17) The Ven Rachel Treweek, 51, archdeacon of Hackney An evangelical who is widely respected for competence and drive.
(18) The cleric, who was made the first female archdeacon of Canterbury in 2007, installed the archbishop on the diocesan throne in the cathedral, a historic moment symbolising his appointment as bishop of Canterbury – the first of three roles held by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
(19) The reverend Norman Russell, archdeacon of Berkshire, admitted misgivings endured over same-sex partnerships and not celibacy or homosexuality.
(20) The parish priest, Archdeacon Feeney, complained about us from the altar, but we were brazen and chose to ignore him.
Synodal
Definition:
(a.) Synodical.
(n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
(n.) A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
Example Sentences:
(1) The book is being launched this weekend, in the run-up to the church’s General Synod in York next month.
(2) Father Philip North, who is team rector at the parish of Old St Pancras in north London, said that local reservations over his appointment — and the divisions exacerbated by last month's General Synod vote against female bishops — meant it would be impossible for him to be "a focus for unity" as bishop of Whitby.
(3) Part of the problem is procedural: that the will of the church’s parliament, the General Synod, is easily thwarted by a tiny minority of its members.
(4) He stressed that it was “not a magisterial document” but “a work in progress” that provided the basis for another synod next autumn.
(5) In a context where there is no discipline within the church for its current teaching, or very limited discipline, we are being asked to have a conversation that focuses on us, rather than focusing on what God’s word teaches.” Another conservative evangelical group, Christian Concern, planned to distribute “pledge cards” to synod members, aimed at upholding traditional teaching on marriage.
(6) It could, he said, be put to the vote when the synod meets in York in July.
(7) In the final report of an extraordinary synod on the family which has exposed deep divides in the church hierarchy, there is no mention – as there had been in a draft version – of the “gifts and qualities” gay people can offer.
(8) 12 studies are reviewed that have examined the relationships among crisis calls to police stations, poison centers, and crisis intervention centers and the synodic lunar cycle.
(9) Among test integers 6 through 33, the number 30, approximating the 29.53-day lunar-synodic month, was consistently and statistically a best-fit multiple to the data.
(10) Although female bishops were approved by the majority of dioceses, bishops and clergy, they were rejected by the laity on Tuesday when put to a vote in the synod, the church's governing body.
(11) As the conservative MP who speaks for the synod in parliament said: "I think the great danger for the church following the vote is that it will be seen increasingly as just like any other sect."
(12) The number of bishops in the Holy Synod increased from 20 to 83; four bishops were ordained in Britain, where 30,000 Egyptian Copts live.
(13) Synod members will be urged to refrain from disclosing the content of discussions on social media.
(14) The working group is due to meet again next month, and new proposals on female bishops will be put to the General Synod in July.
(15) His plea comes a day after the synod approved plans to fast-track legislation that could see the first female bishop chosen by the end of the year.
(16) But his proudest moment came in October, 1980 when he led the bishops in Rome for the Synod to Subiaco, where St Benedict began his monastic life.
(17) Synod member Christina Rees, who has campaigned for women in the church for 25 years, said women should eventually make up a high proportion of senior roles.
(18) In an internal memo the secretary general of the synod, William Fittall, urged the church to pursue an "urgent and radical" new strategy in order to see women in the episcopate by 2015.
(19) The Church of England said that, in all, 72.6% of synod members had backed the measure in the crucial vote, which came at the end of more than 100 passionate and moving speeches.
(20) It took two months of Waite's negotiating skills to gain their release, which Runcie was able to announce at a dramatic moment in the middle of the 1981 February general synod.