Ordination in a sentence

Although all other mysteries may be performed by a presbyter, ordination may only be conferred by a bishop, and ordination of a bishop may only be performed by several bishops together.

Apart from the ordination, which is always done by other bishops, there are different methods as to the actual selection of a candidate for ordination as bishop.

Liturgies for the ordination of women deacons are quite similar to those for male deacons citation and the ancient ordination rites have been noted by groups like Womenpriests.

Orthodox clergy who marry must do so prior to ordination to the subdiaconate (or diaconate, according to local custom) and typically one is either tonsured a monk or married before ordination.

The oxygen anions have a co-ordination number of 3 resulting in a trigonal planar co-ordination.

Unlike Orthodox and Catholic deacons who may be married only before ordination, Anglican deacons are permitted to marry freely before or after ordination, as are Anglican priests.

Unlike Orthodox and most Roman Catholic deacons who may be married only before ordination, deacons are permitted to marry freely both before and after ordination, as are priests.

When Buddhism traveled from India to Tibet, apparently the quorum of bhikṣuṇīs required for bestowing full ordination never reached Tibet.sfn Despite an absence of ordination there, bhikṣuṇīs did travel to Tibet.

Anglicans have never understood that ordination involves some imagined ontological change with the laying on of hands to suddenly make an ordinary Christian into an Old Testament-like sacrificing priest for the people of God.

Described as ‘profound and real,’ the speech characterized calls for women’s ordination as a form of clericalism and as a distraction from what Catholic women want and need.

Disgusted with the Sangha order at age 19 (i.e., before higher ordination), he disrobed, and became a layman again, reverting to his birth name Ariyaratne.

Following the ordination, the new priests immediately began serving their assigned parishes, where they will shepherd the faithful while celebrating Mass and the sacraments as parochial vicars.

He acknowledges that the technique of ‘spiritual conversation’ adopted at the round tables at this synod ‘helps to turn down the temperature on controversial questions’ such as women’s ordination, but that ‘it doesn’t deliver theological clarity’.

He continued: “In the ordination service priests are told that they should ‘resist evil, support the weak, defend the poor, and intercede for all in need’.

He ministered in the northeast Texas diocese since its founding in 1987 and led the diocese since his ordination as bishop in 2012.

In the pope’s responses, he signaled a cautious opening to the blessing of same-sex unions and a seemingly firm “no” to women’s ordination.

Many of the evacuees staying in the Kamloops area and visiting the emergency centre are concerned over co-ordination between Shuswap locals doing what they can to protect homes and the official provincial response.

Mr Archer said the case "highlights a shortfall in co-ordination" between ACT Mental Health Services and the university.

Novices participate in the ordination ceremony, marking a profound commitment to spiritual practice as they honour the legacy of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Since then, differences between Catholics and Anglicans have become greater, due to the ordination of women.