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Holy Orders (Ordination)

The laying on of hands that sets apart bishop, priest, and deacon

Holy Orders is the sacrament or rite by which men are ordained to ministry as bishops, priests, or deacons. Its roots are traced to the Pastoral Epistles, the letters of Ignatius, and the early Apostolic Tradition. Traditions differ over its sacramental status and over who may be ordained: questions such as women's ordination are contested, with Catholic and Orthodox churches and various Protestant bodies reaching different conclusions.

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  1. Acts
    Rome · 84
    applies
  2. Book VIII. Concerning Gifts, and Ordinations, and the Ecclesiastical Canons
    — · 220
    explains
  3. Appendix to the Works of Hippolytus. Containing Dubious and Spurious Pieces.
    Rome · 235
    explains
  4. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    applies
  5. The First Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Nice
    Nicaea · 325
    explains
  6. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  7. The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocæsarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods
    — · 360
    explains
  8. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  9. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  10. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem
    Bethlehem · 420
    applies
  14. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    explains
  15. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  16. The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon
    Chalcedon · 451
    applies
  17. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  18. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  19. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  20. The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    explains
  21. The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    explains
  22. The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice
    Nicaea · 787
    explains
  23. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  24. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    explains

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