Preacher

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Preacher

Preacher is a term the for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies.

Some believe a preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined. Preaching is not limited to religious views, but it extends to moral and social world-views as well. Preachers are common throughout most cultures.

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Imam

File:Medaillon chiite.jpgAn imam is an Islamic leadership position. Often the leader of a mosque and the community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings....
or Da'ee

Dawah

Da?wah usually denotes preaching of Islam. Da?wah means literally "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation", being the active participle of a verb meaning variously "to summon, to invite" ....
on a Friday afternoon. The point of preaching is to inform or convince the hearer of a certain world-view or belief. For this reason, many nonreligious persons shun preachers and accuse them of forcing beliefs on people. Preaching also serves as reminders and encouragements to people who already subscribe to the preacher's beliefs. For many, the term preacher is derogatory, while some consider it an honor.

The preaching of sermons is especially prominent in Protestantism

Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
, especially among those denominations

Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition and identity.The term describes various Christian denominations ....
that feature revivalism

Revival meeting

A revival meeting is a series of Christian religion services held in order to inspire active members of a religious body and to gain new converts....
. Lay

Laity

In religious organizations, the laity comprises all persons who are not clergy. A person who is a member of a religious order who is not Holy Orders clergy is considered as a member of the laity, even though they are members of a religious order ....
preachers often figure in these traditions of worship, for example the Methodist local preacher

Methodist local preacher

A Methodist local preacher is a lay person who has been accredited by a Methodist church to lead worship on a regular basis. Local preachers play an important role in the Methodist Church of Great Britain and other churches historically linked to it, and have also been important in England social history....
s. Among Roman Catholics

Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, the Dominican Order

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France....
is officially known as the Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum in Latin); friar

Friar

A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders....
s of this order were trained to publicly preach in vernacular

Vernacular

Vernacular refers to the native language of a country or a locality. In general linguistics, it is used to describe local languages as opposed to Lingua franca, official standards or global languages....
languages, and the order was created by Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic , also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzm?n and Domingo de Guzm?n Garc?s was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominican Order or Order of Preachers , a Catholic religious order....
to preach to the Cathar

Cathar

Catharism was a name given to a Christian religious sect with dualism and gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc region of France in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries....
s of southern France in the early thirteenth century.

In many churches in the United States, the title "Preacher" is synonymous with "Pastor

Pastor

The term pastor usually refers to an ordained person within a Christian church. In some countries the term is more usually used in traditional Protestant churches but is also used in reference to priests and bishops within the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christianity churches....
" or "Minister", and the churches minister is often referred to simply as "our/the preacher" or by name such as "Preacher Smith". Sometimes the minister may even be addressed by using the word, such as "Good morning, Preacher".

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Preacher is also the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name derives from the Greek language translation of the Hebrew #Title.The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qohelet, introduces himself as "son of David, and king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal or autobiographic matter, at times expressed in aph...
according to the King James Version. Preacher is the translation of the Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
word ???? (Qoheleth). There is much debate about the identity of the Preacher, and some suggest it is Solomon.

Preacher
Preacher (comics)

Preacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo Comics imprint of DC Comics, with painted covers by Glenn Fabry....
is the title of a comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
series by Steve Dillon
Steve Dillon

Steve Dillon is a United Kingdom comic book artist. He is particularly known for his run on DC Comics Hellblazer and Preacher ....
and Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis

Garth Ennis is an Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC Comics/Vertigo Comics series Preacher , co-created with artist Steve Dillon, and his successful revival of Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise....
.

Preacher

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