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Originally Posted by Anij
Hmmm ... interesting Question (re chaplain) since I'm a theology student and spend a TON of time figuring stuff like this out lol !!
Chaplains are not primarily preachers, so I personally wouldn't use that sign ... they're carers - they function almost as a Deaconess ...
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It depends on the denomination and position.
I would hardly call a police or military chaplain a "deaconess". For one thing, they aren't all female, and for another thing, police, military, and hospital chaplains are supposed to be ordained, not laymen. The police and hospital chaplains usually perform in the role of counselor and comforter but they are also preachers. Military chaplains do everything that their civilian equivalents do.
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It's important (at least to me) that the ASL be descriptively accurate
If they are ordained, I'd likely sign it as "hospital+priest" or "PC(personal care) +Priest" - using the Priest sign that shows a clerical collar
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If the chaplain is a priest, then "PRIEST" is an accurate sign to use. If the chaplain is a Protestant or Jew or any religion that doesn't use "priests" then the "PRIEST" sign would not be accurate.
I've never seen "PC" used except for a Windows computer.
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If they aren't ordained, I'd probably sign it as a initialized from of "Deaconess"/Deacon which would be a "C" handshape tracing a cross over the non-dominant shoulder
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I've never seen anyone use that sign.
Usually a "C-CROSS" on the arm refers to a medical clinic. It's an initialized version of "HOSPITAL".
See above.