Pastoral letter
Script error: No such module "Distinguish". A pastoral letter, often simply called a pastoral, is an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese or to both, containing general admonition, instruction or consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances.[1] In most episcopal church bodies,Template:Clarify clerics are often required to read out pastoral letters of superior bishops to their congregations.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In the Catholic Church, such letters are also sent out regularly at particular ecclesiastical seasons, particularly at the beginning of fasts.[1]
In the non-episcopal Protestant churches a pastoral letter is any open letter addressed by a pastor to his congregation, more especially to one customarily issued at certain seasons, for example, by the moderator of a Presbyterian assembly or the chairman of a Congregational or Baptist union.[1]
The Armenian term for pastoral letter is kondak, also translated as encyclical, statement, or decree.[2][3][4][5]
References
- This article also incorporates the definition of "pastoral letter" provided by the Catholic Committee of Appalachia. Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Abraham of Crete | Historians of the Ottoman Empire, at uchicago.edu. Quote: "Kondak i veray T`ek`irdaghu" (Encyclical)...
- ↑ Melkonyan, Christine. On the Preparations of the 50th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. September 2019. Quote: ...Catholicos Vazgen I issued a statement (kondak) on "the martyrdom of the Western Armenian people during World War I"... Accessed 2021-09-15
- ↑ The Activities of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, http://www.genocide-museum.am. Quote: ...the Holy Etchmiadzin Fraternal Relief Committee was created by means of the Catholicos of All Armenians Gevorg V Surenyants' Kondak (Decree)...
