Dispensation
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- Dispensation is the act of distributing goods or services, especially those that are regulated, as in the practice of pharmacists.
- In the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, a dispensation is the act of an authority making an exception to laws, standards, or customs. For an account of the power of bishops to dispense with standards in the Eastern Orthodox Church, see economy (Eastern Orthodoxy). For dispensation in Western Christendom, see dispensation (Catholic Church).
- In Buddhism, the Buddha's dispensation is his teaching (see Dharma (Buddhism)).
- In Protestant Christian theology, a dispensation is a distinctive arrangement or period in which the purpose of God is worked out. A number of organizations and confessions recognize dispensation as a type of administration.[1]. Dispensationalism though is a specific Christian theological view that teaches specific periods of time called dispensations form the framework through which God relates to mankind.
- In Mormonism, a dispensation is a period of time where one or more men designated as holding the priesthood are responsible for "dispensing the gospel" to people on the earth.[2] See also Dispensation of the fulness of times.
- In the Bahá'í Faith, a dispensation is a period of progressive revelation relating to the major religions of humanity.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Bear, James E. (James Edwin) (1944). Dispensationalism and the Confession of Faith: Report of the Ad Interim Committee on Changes in the Confession of Faith and Catechisms on the Question As to Whether the Type of Bible Interpretation Known As Dispensationalism Is in Harmony with the Confession of Faith. Richmond, Va.: Executive Committee of Religious Education and Publication. p. 1
- ^ LDS.org - Topic Definition - Dispensations
- ^ The Bahá'í View of Islam. studycircle. Retrieved on 2007-03-20.
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