I know that both the Orthodox Church and the Catholic on are clerical, are there other clerical churches?

Question

What do you think of clergy in Christianity? How are the same functions of the clergy carried out in anti-clerical churches?

I am an Egyptian Copt; actually Copt means Egyptian but has always been used to mean Christian Egyptian, which is an Orthodox Christian for most Egyptian Christians but there are so many other denomenations here as well.

Answer 1

if by clerical you mean they have priests, then Anglicans as well as Latter Day Saints have priests. Lutherans and Calvinists believe that all believers are part of the priesthood, although they do not ordain ministers as such.

Answer 2

Actually, almost all Christian denominations have some form of clergy. Most of them don't have Popes, however.

Aside from the Orthodox and Catholic churches, I think the only other form of Christianity that has a Pope would be Coptic. The Coptic Christians are mostly in Egypt.

In churches that actually don't have any form of clergy, a portion of the most experienced congregants usually take turns performing the various liturgical functions.

I suppose it works out ok for fairly small groups. However, for larger groups, I think it can get to be sort of a strain on the most active members.

Answer 3

Both Orthox and Catholic have ordained priests and bishops. Other churches have what they call bishops, sometimes priests. The difference is that the other churches do not have a legitimate priesthood, meaning it can trace it's beginning back to Christ and the Apostles, therefore, they do not have the authority that Christ passed on to them.