Priests/Vicars/Ministers

[macmam]

I always get confused with terms in the CofE, what is the difference between a CofE Vicar and a CofE Priest? Or minister for that matter. Up here is Bonnie Scotland it is generally accepted that a Priest is a Catholic and a Minister is of the Protestant denominations...

I think it depends what they want to call themselves. There's SO many different terms for vicars and similar, even I get confused. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicar gives a bit of the history.

They are all the same - all presbyters.

A priest is usually the name of the presbyter in a more Anglo-Catholic church. A vicar or rector is the incumbent in any Anglican church, and which is which depends on the history of the parish - but the roles are identical.

Another role you hear about is Priest in Charge - this can be in any Anglican church but it means that they have a temporary job (eg for 2-3 years), rather than incumbancy (which means they have a job until they retire).

www.churchsociety.org/issues_new/churchlocal/iss_churchlocal_jargon.asp

Vicar, Rector, Priest-in-Charge, Incumbent are all job roles certainly within the Anglican church defining (as scienceteacher said) the specifics of the position.

All of these are a Priest first and foremost. Ordained by God to His servive through the Bishop.

They are ordained as Deacon firstly then Priested.

My only experience is in the CofE as the daughter of a priest and the wife of one training to be a priest, I can't speak for the other denominations.