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Abba Seraphim, the Glossary

William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton (born 27 February 1948) is a British independent Oriental Orthodox bishop.^[1]

26 relations: Bishop, British Orthodox Church, Catholicate of the West, Celtic Orthodox Church, Chrismation, Consecrator, Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland, Diocese, Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, Eminence (style), Glastonbury, Hagia Sophia, Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Hugh George de Willmott Newman, J. Gordon Melton, John Betjeman, Koinonia, Lewisham Town Hall, Metropolitan bishop, Ordination, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Patriarch, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Primate (bishop), Style (form of address).
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Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
Coptic Orthodox bishops

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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British Orthodox Church

The British Orthodox Church (BOC), formerly the Orthodox Church of the British Isles, is an independent church, having its roots in Oriental Orthodoxy.

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Catholicate of the West

The Catholicate of the West was a Christian denomination established in 1944 and which ceased to exist in 1994 to become the British Orthodox Church.

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Celtic Orthodox Church

The Celtic Orthodox Church (COC), also called the Holy Celtic Church, is an autocephalous Christian church founded in the 20th century in France.

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Chrismation

Chrismation consists of the sacrament or mystery in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the Assyrian Church of the East initiation rites.

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Consecrator

A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy.

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Coptic Orthodox Church

The Coptic Orthodox Church (lit), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt.

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Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has several churches in Great Britain and Ireland under the jurisdiction of four diocesan bishops. Abba Seraphim and Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland are Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom.

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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction

Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity.

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Eminence (style)

His Eminence (abbreviation H.Em. or HE) is a style of reference for high nobility, still in use in various religious contexts.

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol.

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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia ('Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the highest Orthodox authority in the Coptic Orthodox Church. Abba Seraphim and Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church are Coptic Orthodox bishops.

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Hugh George de Willmott Newman

Hugh George de Willmott Newman (17 January 1905 – 28 February 1979) was an Independent Catholic or independent Old Catholic bishop.

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J. Gordon Melton

John Gordon Melton (born September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he resides.

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John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster.

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Koinonia

Koinonia is a transliterated form of the Greek word κοινωνία, which refers to concepts such as fellowship, joint participation, partnership, the share which one has in anything, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution.

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Lewisham Town Hall

Lewisham Town Hall is a municipal building in Catford Road, Lewisham, London.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.

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Ordination

Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.

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Oriental Orthodox Churches

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.

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Patriarch

The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certain cases also popes – such as the Pope of Rome or Pope of Alexandria, and catholicoi – such as Catholicos Karekin II, and Baselios Thomas I Catholicos of the East).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Seraphim

Also known as Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury, William Henry Hugo Newman Norton, William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton, William Newman-Norton.