The Reverend

The Reverend is a style of address most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in non-Christian religions such as Judaism and Buddhism.

The term is an anglicisation of the Latin reverendus, the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive of the verb revereri (to respect; to revere) which may be taken as a gerundive or a passive periphrastic, therefore meaning [one who is] to be revered/must be respected. The Reverend is therefore equivalent to The Honourable or The Venerable.

It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: e.g., Anglican archbishops and most Roman Catholic bishops are usually styled The Most Reverend (reverendissimus); other Anglican bishops and some Roman Catholic bishops are styled The Right Reverend; some Reformed churches have used The Reverend Mister as a style for their clergy.

Reverend (disambiguation)

The Reverend is a style most often used as a prefix to the names of Christian clergy and ministers.

Reverend may also refer to:

Reverend (EP)

Reverend is the 1989 EP debut by the American heavy metal band of the same name. This was Reverend's only studio EP until 2001's A Gathering of Demons.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brian Korban, David Wayne, and Dennis O'Hara. 

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