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Form: the bishop's specific consecratory prayer asking God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and His gifts proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained
Matter: laying on of the bishop's hands with the consecratory prayers
Minister:
-Diocesan Bishop: allowed to ordain priests and deacons he sees fit to serve the diocese
-these priests and deacons vow to be obedient to the diocesan bishop's leadership
-Order of Bishops: a bishop may ordain other bishops only with the permission of the pope
-it is usually the papal nuncio
Rite: laying on of hands with consecratory prayers and the candidate laying prostrate on the ground as a sign of humility
Who can receive Holy Orders?
-a baptized man who has been called for ordination by God
-to become a priest or bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, a man must be celibate (some Eastern Orthodox priests may marry)
-deacons may be married at the time of their ordination (if they are not going to go on to the priesthood)
-a man must not have any impediment to ordination
How many times can a person receive Holy Orders?
-once per stage of Holy Orders
-a man is ordained a deacon, then a priest, then a bishop
Effects of Holy Orders:
-a special relationship to Christ to lead and minister to the Church sacramentally in the place of Christ (in persona Christi)
-an indelible spiritual mark imprinted on the soul
Scriptural Foundation:
-"And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed." Acts 14:23
Matter: laying on of the bishop's hands with the consecratory prayers
Minister:
-Diocesan Bishop: allowed to ordain priests and deacons he sees fit to serve the diocese
-these priests and deacons vow to be obedient to the diocesan bishop's leadership
-Order of Bishops: a bishop may ordain other bishops only with the permission of the pope
-it is usually the papal nuncio
Rite: laying on of hands with consecratory prayers and the candidate laying prostrate on the ground as a sign of humility
Who can receive Holy Orders?
-a baptized man who has been called for ordination by God
-to become a priest or bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, a man must be celibate (some Eastern Orthodox priests may marry)
-deacons may be married at the time of their ordination (if they are not going to go on to the priesthood)
-a man must not have any impediment to ordination
How many times can a person receive Holy Orders?
-once per stage of Holy Orders
-a man is ordained a deacon, then a priest, then a bishop
Effects of Holy Orders:
-a special relationship to Christ to lead and minister to the Church sacramentally in the place of Christ (in persona Christi)
-an indelible spiritual mark imprinted on the soul
Scriptural Foundation:
-"And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed." Acts 14:23