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The Reverend is a style of address〔("How to address the clergy", ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' website. )〕 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 ''(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. == Usage == In traditional and formal English usage, both British and American, it is still considered incorrect to drop the definite article, ''the'', before ''Reverend''. In practice, however, ''the'' is often not used in both written and spoken English. When the style is used within a sentence, ''the'' is correctly in lower-case. The usual abbreviations for ''Reverend'' are ''Rev.'', ''Revd'' and ''Rev'd''. ''The Reverend'' is traditionally used as an adjectival form with first names (or initials) and surname (e.g. ''The Reverend John Smith'' or ''The Reverend J.F. Smith''); ''The Reverend Father Smith'' or ''The Reverend Mr Smith'' are correct though now old-fashioned uses. Use of the prefix with the surname alone (''The Reverend Smith'') is considered a solecism in traditional usage: it would be as irregular as calling the person in question "The Well-Respected Smith". In some countries, especially Britain, Anglican clergy are acceptably addressed by the title of their office, such as ''Vicar'', ''Rector'', or ''Archdeacon''. In the 20th and 21st centuries it has been increasingly common for ''reverend'' to be used as a noun and for clergy to be referred to as being either ''a reverend'' or ''the reverend'' (''I talked to the reverend about the wedding service.'') or to be addressed as ''Reverend'' or, for example, ''Reverend Smith'' or ''the Reverend Smith''. This has traditionally been considered grammatically incorrect on the basis that it is equivalent to referring to a judge as being ''an honorable'' or an adult man as being ''a mister''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Information Internet: English Grammar, Abbreviations )〕 Although it is not a formally correct use of the term,〔("Reverend, The" ) in the glossary of the Episcopal Church's website.〕 ''Reverend'' is sometimes used alone, without a name, as a reference to a member of the clergy and treated as a normal English noun requiring a definite or indefinite article (e.g. ''We spoke to the reverend yesterday.''). It is never correct, though, to form the plural ''Reverends''. Some dictionaries, however, do place the noun rather than the adjective as the word's principal form, owing to an increasing use of the word as a noun among people with no religious background or knowledge of traditional styles of ecclesiastical address. When several clergy are referred to, they are often styled individually (e.g. ''The Reverend John Smith and the Reverend Henry Brown''); but in a list of clergy, ''The Revv'' is sometimes put before the list of names, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland.〔("Ecclesiastical and other information" ), ''The Catholic Herald'', 6 June 1947.〕 In some churches, especially Protestant churches in the United States, ordained ministers are often addressed as ''Pastor'' (as in ''Pastor John'' or ''Pastor Smith''). ''Pastor'', however, is considered more correct in some churches when the minister in question is the head of a church or congregation. Male Christian priests are usually addressed as ''Father'' or, for example, as ''Father John'' or ''Father Smith''. However, in official correspondence, such priests are not normally referred to as ''Father John'', ''Father Smith'', or ''Father John Smith'', but as ''The Reverend John Smith''. ''Father'' as a title is used for Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Old Catholic priests, and for many priests of the Anglican and Lutheran churches. Some female Anglican or Old Catholic priests use the style ''The Reverend Mother'' and are addressed as ''Mother''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Reverend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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