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Canon/Canon Law
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Chancellor
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Convention
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Canon/Canon Law: When used in reference to people, a Canon is the title of clergy who either serve on the staff of a cathedral, or who has exhibited exemplary service to a diocese. A Canon is addressed as "The Reverend Canon John Doe". A salutation in a letter is "Dear Canon Doe".
   The word "canon" also means "rule" and it is used also to mean 1) Holy Scripture 2) Laws of the church 3) Words of consecration in the Holy Communion.

Cantor: A person who chants or sings; often a solo voice that leads the psalm. The Festival of Lessons and Carols begins with the solo of the cantor.

Catechism: The elementary instruction in the principles of Christianity, in the form of questions and answers, found in the BCP, pages 845-862.

Celebrant: The person who leads the worship service. In a Eucharist, the celebrant is the bishop or a priest. In a service of Morning Prayer, the officiant may be either lay or clergy.

Chalice Bearer: The person (ordained or lay) who administers the chalice during Communion.

Chancellor: The legal head of a diocese, parish, clerical house, order, college, or university. In some dioceses the chief administrative assistant to the bishop is known as the chancellor.

Chaplain: The clergy person in charge of a chapel or one who ministers to a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church. e.g., the minister of a hospital or nursing home is a chaplain.

Clergy: The group of ordained people, consecrated for unique ministry for a particular church or denomination. In the Episcopal Church, the three orders of clergy are deacons, priests and bishops. The adjective is clerical.

Clerical Directory: The Episcopal Clerical Directory is a biennial listing of all Episcopal clergy with short biographical paragraphs about each person. It is normally kept in the parish or mission office.

Clerk: Secretary of the vestry or mission council of a parish or mission.

Communicants: Those in a church who are eligible to receive communion and vote at the Annual Parish Meeting.

Concelebrant: An ordained bishop or priest who celebrates the Eucharist with the principal celebrant.

Congregation: A group of people who make up a local church. It also means those present in worship.

Convention: A meeting of a church body, as in a diocesan convention.

Convocation: A special gathering of a religious group, such as a diocese or deanery. Also, the name of a special group of ordained clergy.

Crucifer: A Latin word meaning "cross-bearer." A person in a religious procession who carries a large cross (a processional cross), and leads the procession into the church and the recession out of the church.

Curate: From the Latin curatus ("the person in charge"). The term has come to refer to a transitional deacon or an assistant (or the newest assistant) to the rector. The word "cure" is related to our word "care"; a curate takes care of the cure, i.e., the spiritual care of the congregation.

     
 
     
 
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