benefit of clergy
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benefit of clergy was fought for by Archbishop Thomas
Becket and conceded by Henry II in 1176 in the aftermath of Becket's murder. It exempted clergy from trial or sentence in a secular court on charges arising from a range of felonies and offences. This exemption extended from tonsured clerics to include nuns, and later it was allowed to all who could prove themselves literate by reading a verse of Scripture when charged with certain violations of the law. The reasoning was that literacy was the accepted test of clerical status. It was abolished by Parliament in 1827.
Revd Dr John R. Guy
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Clergy face tighter tax scrutiny, churches may be asked to compensate
Magazine article from: Anglican Journal; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Revenue Canada to tighten up clergy taxable benefit regulations have some people...department's more stringent look at clergy benefits came early last year with the...several married United Church clergy couples who had each claimed...
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Clergy silent on too many vital issues
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 5/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Yet, Philadelphia's Black Clergy provides no frontline opposition...the potent voice of the Black Clergy is mute compared to the righteous...process professed to be for their benefit. The public schools debacle...juxtaposition within the recent Black Clergy gubernatorial race endorsement...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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CLERGY LENDS LABOR A HELPING HAND, CITES ETHICAL ISSUES.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/24/1996; 700+ words
; ...some 50 members of the clergy, fasted to protest Gov...a very wealthy elite benefits from government policies...alliance between labor and clergy. Many contend that labor...8.25 an hour and benefits to many new workers. ``None of the clergy who signed on bothered...
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Clergy's pivotal role in helping children: faith leaders and counselors should partner to help children of addicted parents.
Magazine article from: Addiction Professional; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...find and maintain recovery. Clergy, armed with the right information...offer an enormous public health benefit. In addition, clergy can offer programs for children...OMITTED] However, in order for clergy to partner with addiction professionals...
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Ministering to Clergy: Special tax rules create financial planning challenges and opportunities for these unique clients.
Magazine article from: Financial Planning; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...opportunities and the pitfalls for clergy members and their planners. Most clergy are better off reporting their...The value of certain fringe benefits is excluded, including employer...contributions to retirement plans. * Clergy can be reimbursed by their...
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Collaboration between clergy and mental health professionals: a review of professional health care journals from 1980 through 1999. (Research and Theory).
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; ...analysis, including the benefits of collaboration to...need to increase the clergy's knowledge about...widespread influence of clergy in counseling, mental...can gain significant benefit from expanding their contact with clergy and other community...
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Taxman eyes clergy couples: double claim for housing tax break challenged
Magazine article from: Anglican Journal; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...strain on the budget." Another clergy couple in western Canada said...parish position but each gets a benefits package and each claims their...the priest, is the fact that clergy pensions are based on their...doesn't know of any Anglican clergy couples who have been contacted...
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Church advises clergy to apply for state benefits
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...a separated or divorced clergy wife or clergyman with children...council has highlighted the benefits would trigger a new rush of...applications, he said. "A lot of clergy won't know about this...always hanging around the benefit offices." Although the stipend...which represents 1,500 ...
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Marriage and family therapists and the clergy: A need for clinical collaboration, training, and research
Magazine article from: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...involvement has positive benefits for many married couples and families. Although most clergy receive some training in...religion or spirituality. Clergy indicate substantial interest...working with and training clergy who serve families in distress...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Y. students create mental-health manual for clergy
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/18/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...mental-health providers and clergy working together to meet the...their members. "I think some clergy may have the mindset that if...the Lord as an extra help to clergy," who are trying to help...crutch" for people who could benefit from casting it aside. But...
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benefit of clergy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
benefit of clergy term originally applied...clerics to obtain benefit of clergy. In England the privilege...generally to peers and women. Benefit of clergy thus mitigated...C. Gabel, Benefit of Clergy in England in the Later...
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Benefit of Clergy
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BENEFIT OF CLERGY In old England, the privilege of clergy that allowed them to avoid trial by all courts of the civil government. Originally members of the clergy were exempted from capital punishment upon conviction of...
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clergy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
clergy the body of all people ordained for religious...rikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘...twelfth apostle to replace Judas). See also benefit of clergy .
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Medicine and Surgery
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Primitive Physick (1747), for clergy and lay people to use in the...practitioners opposed and most of the clergy supportive. Mather's experience...experimental intervention, the clergy decided to intervene. The...do class who received the benefits and the working classes who...
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Henry, Patrick (1736-1799)
Book article from: American Eras
...clergyman. Colonial law had set clergy salaries at sixteen thousand...assembly to pass laws for the benefit of the people of the colony...Henry also argued that the clergy were not concerned with the...rapacious harpies ” those clergy who were enemies of the people...
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