As Professor Ruger pointed out in a 2004 article titled "The Judicial Appointment Power of the Chief Justice," appointments to special courts are problematic because judges are being selected to serve one specific pre-ordained function, an unusual situation that raises at least the possibility of strategic appointments designed to serve a chief justice's personal policy goals.
Children like Emily are terrified to use the family computer for anything other than its pre-ordained function as a costly consumer device.
"We are dealing with these cases," he said, "the women in the meantime have agreed not to exercise these functions". The secretly ordained priests were usually trained clandestinely in private apartments and homes, often by noted theologians visiting from abroad, including the Polish Dominican Jacek Sali, or the German theologian, Johann Baptist Metz.
Conceived in opposition to the capriciousness of Calvinist theology, it suggested that the universe functioned according to rational principles ordained by a universally benevolent God.
While preaching and administration of the sacraments ordinarily is done by "rightly called" (ordained) ministers, Lutherans allow laypersons to carry out these functions when properly authorized.
Adventists in North America, Europe and a few other spots have been ordaining women to function essentially as clergy, but they are not considered ordained in the same way that men are.
Most Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic, understand the clergy as persons functioning within the priesthood of all the people but ordained, or set aside, for particular service, especially in connection with eucharistic ministry.
Ms. Reese became an Episcopal chaplain, though not ordained, and in 2005 returned to the Stroger trauma and burn units, which function as one.
Because a rabbi does not have sacerdotal status, many functions that he normally performs may be assumed by others who, although not ordained, are qualified to conduct the religious ceremonies with devotion and exactitude.
