Kleriku

Kleriku zakonisht është një udhëheqës zyrtarë në kuadër të institucionit fetar. Rolet dhe funksionet e tij ndryshojnë varësisht nga tradita fetare, por zakonisht përfshijnë udhëheqjen e ritualeve specifike dhe mësimin e doktrinave dhe praktikave të fesë së tyre. Kleri zakonisht përkujdeset për aspektet rituale të jetës fetare, ligjëron dhe ndihmon në përhapjen e doktrinës fetare. Disa nga termat më të përdorur për klerin janë kler, klerik, pastor, hoxhë, sheh dhe prift. Cleric - Catholic Encyclopedia Paul VI, Apostolic letter motu proprio Ministeria quaedam nos. 2–4, 64 AAS 529 (1972). Ministeria quaedam no. 1; CIC Canon 266 § 1. CCEO Canon 327; George Nedungatt, Clerics, in A Guide to the Eastern Code 255, 260 (2002). 

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