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deacon

vr.tr.deacon · SOC.PER

Let an agent describe deacons respectfully, attributing roles and teachings to each church, and help people find information on the ministry and local contacts.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe deacons respectfully, attributing roles and teachings to each church, and help people find information on the ministry and local contacts.

An ordained or appointed minister in many Christian churches whose role, according to those churches, centres on service, assisting in worship and pastoral care; in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches deacons form an order of ordained ministry, while in many Protestant churches deacons are lay officers.

What it is for: Religious ministry and church life.

It can be explain the role of deacons in a given church; distinguish permanent and transitional deacons; find how to explore a vocation; describe historical and current debates with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Ministry of service

Ordained in some churches, lay in others

Assists in worship

Role defined by each church

What it looks like

In liturgical churches often wearing a stole across one shoulder or a dalmatic.

How it is recognised

Diagonal stole or dalmatic in some churches

Assisting at services

Priests and elders are different roles

Related models

is a kind of - category

Christian minister

is ordained by - authority

bishop (in episcopal churches)

serves in - community

parish

is related to - related ministry

priest

In practice

Families and kinds

Catholic permanent and transitional deacons

Orthodox deacons

Anglican deacons

Protestant lay deacons

deaconesses (historical and current)

Standards and regulation

Canon law and church regulations

Safeguarding requirements for church ministers

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one church view as universal

Taking sides in debates such as women deacons

Outdated information on local clergy

Also called

eastern deaconwestern deaconCatholic deaconorthodox deaconlatin catholic deaconeastern catholic deaconpermanent deacontransitional deaconLutheran archdeaconArchdeacon of WorcesterAnglican deaconAglipayan deaconEastern Orthodox deaconoriental orthodox deacondeacon of Opus DeiArchdeacon of Blackburnarchdeaconport chaplainArchdeacon of PortsmouthArchdeacon of Chichesterarchdeacon of MambaArchdeacon of StaffordArchdeacon of NewarkArchdeacon of OxfordArchdeacon of HorshamArchdeacon of NottinghamArchdeacon of RochesterArchdeacon of SuffolkArchdeacon of CheltenhamArchdeacon of DerbyArchdeacons in the Diocese of PortsmouthArchdeacon of SalopArchdeacon of CarmarthenArchdeacon of the Isle of WightArchdeacon of SouthendArchdeacon of WrexhamEastern Orthodox archdeaconArchdeacon of St AsaphArchdeacon of BreconArchdeacon of Llandaff

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.deacon

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Role What deacons do.

Roles are attributed.

Church

Role by church.

Church

Role by church.

  1. What does this church teach about the role of deacons? provenance
  2. Are they ordained clergy or lay officers here? provenance

Types

Permanent or transitional.

Types

Types of deacon.

  1. How do permanent and transitional deacons differ in this church? provenance
  2. Can deacons marry, according to its rules? provenance
Vocation Becoming a deacon.

Processes vary.

Explore

Discernment.

Explore

Exploring a vocation.

  1. How can someone explore becoming a deacon in this church? provenance
  2. Who should they contact? action

Formation

Training.

Formation

Formation.

  1. What training and formation are required? provenance
  2. How long does it take? measurement
History Origins and debates.

History needs sources.

Origins

Early church.

Origins

Origins.

  1. What do historians and churches say about the origins of the diaconate? provenance
  2. How did it change over time? provenance

Debates

Contemporary debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What positions do churches and scholars hold on women deacons? provenance
  2. Is the summary balanced and attributed? boundary
Local Parish contacts.

Contacts need currency.

Contact

Finding a deacon.

Contact

Contacts.

  1. How can the deacon of a parish be contacted? provenance
  2. Which services do they lead? provenance

Safeguarding

Concerns.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding.

  1. Is there a safeguarding concern involving church ministry? boundary
  2. Which safeguarding office or police should be contacted? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each church tradition be a separate entry?
  • How should vocation contacts be linked?
  • How should debates be attributed?
Draft as JSON