What's the difference?

Question

What's the difference between an abbot, a bishop, a priest, a monk, a saint, an archbishop, and a pope? I'm an atheist, so please be thorough.

Answer 1

Abbot = head of a monastic community (Head Monk)

Bishop = Episkopos = Elder elected or appointed.

Priest = a minister who offers sacrifice (The Mass)

Monk = religious person who takes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience

Saint = holy man or woman - usually a martyr - chosen by the Church

Archbishop = head of the Church in an "Archdiocese" (large group of churches)

Pope = the Bishop of Rome

Answer 2

an Abbot is the head of a monastery where Monks live who are ordained members of the clergy who turn their back on the world to live only for spiritual.

A Priest is an ordained clergyman who retains links to the world and the community to help give spiritual and temporal aid as needed as well as preach. (call him the knight of the Church)

A Bishop is a leader of a church area providing an organizing structure for the faith and Church matters. (The Count of the Church)

An Archbishop is a higher level clergyman of the Church who in charge of an archdiocese which is multiple put together with reporting Bishops. (The Church Baron)

Cardinal is highest clergymember below the Pope. (Duke of the Church)

Pope is the supreme clergyman of the Catholic faith who is the ultimate world leader of the Church. (the Church King)

A Saint is a person who is dead considered to be blessed and that was able to perform miracles while alive due to their holiness and closeness to God.

Answer 3

The only two I recognize out of your list are the Bishop and the Priest. But I will add to your list. I am called a saint, but the catholics would not call me that. Paul called all church members saints. I believe in Deacons, Teachers, Priests, Elders, High Priests, Bishops, Prophets, Quroum Presidents, Sisters, Primary Children, Scouts, Webloes, etc etc. But why would you want to know all this when you are an atheist? You believe in the absence of everything.

Answer 4

Ok, here it goes

abbot is the leader of an abby (or where the monks live) abbotess is the female version.

, a bishop religious man above an archbishop
archbishop, religious man above a priest
priest, religious preacher picked by a calling to serve God and who attended school for it.

a monk religious man who lives in an abbey, not a priest
a saint holy person who shows what it means to live God's word and has performed no less then three miricals
and a pope highest office held by any religious offical, leader of the Catholic faith

Answer 5

the pope is the head of the catholic church priests and monks are generaly catholic also but a saint is some one sanctified by Jesus and should mean any christian who knows JKesus as personel saviour but the catholic faith think its up to the pope to declair who is a saint after their death that is all wrong. a bishup is higher in the faith than a priest and an archbishup higher still the pope his the tope but that is all wrong as Jesus said we each have accese to the father every one should be equel.

Answer 6

I would agree with Father K for the most part except:
A priest is a Catholic, Episcopalian, Anglican or orthodox Christian church office. Biblically, it is not mentioned in the New Testament as any kind of office. Jesus is our high priest since He offered the final sacrifice for sins. We believe in the priesthood of all believers.

1Pe 2:9 But you are "an elect race," "a royal priesthood," "a holy nation," "a people for possession," so that "you may openly speak of the virtues" of the One who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Saints are all believers in Christ, alive and dead.

Act 9:32 And it happened, passing through all, Peter also came down to the saints dwelling in Lydda.

Rom 1:7 to all those who are in Rome, beloved of God, called-out saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1Co 1:2 to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, those having been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called-out saints, with all those calling on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Answer 7

To the Roman Catholics, a "saint" is a person whose life exhibited exceptional piety and the Church as "canonized" that person.

To most Protestants, in keeping with the Scriptures, the "saints" are "sinners, saved by Grace".

Answer 8

hell yeah i dont know..so i dont care....i am an atheist too!

BUT IF I DID BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY i still wouldnt care a sinner can clean another sinner...so all these people n the name of god...they are hypocrites!!

sooo..
the difference between them is their names mean hyprocacy in different spellings

Answer 9

They all have different taste in 10 year old boys.

Answer 10

Are you serious? It's called wikipedia honey, use it.