To receive Holy Orders validly, it is necessary that the recipient be a baptized male, and, in the case of adults, that he be acting voluntarily. Licit reception requires that the candidate be qualified according to canon law ... An indult from the Holy See was required to hold ordinations to major orders on any other day.
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orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], ... The rite entails the laying on of hands and the recitation of the prayer beginning “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Priests are required to take an oath of obedience to the bishop or superior and a promise of celibacy (already taken at diaconate by those intending to be priests);
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Holy Orders in the Catholic Church includes three orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. The Church regards ordination as a Sacrament. In the phrase "Holy Orders", the word "holy" simply means "set apar...
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Those who receive the sacrament of Holy Orders are consecrated in Christ's name "to feed the Church by the word and grace of God."[2] On their part, "Christian spouses are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special sacrament."[3]
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1536 Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. ... 1578 No one has a right to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders. Indeed no one claims this office for himself;
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Number of orders ... The grace then is not a charismatic gift, but a gift of the Holy Spirit for the rightful discharge of official duties. ... The external sacramental sign or the power of the order can be received and may exist without this grace. Grace is required for the worthy, not the valid, exercise of the power,
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Catholics also regard as Sacraments the forgiveness of sins in reconciliation with the church (Confession), ordination to ministry (Holy Orders), marriage of Christians, ... After the recitation of prayers and readings from the Bible, the presiding priest invites the faithful to receive communion, understood as sharing in...
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Every baptized male can validly receive ordination. Though in former ... For admission to minor orders, the testimony from the parish priest or from the master of the school where the candidate was educated--generally, therefore, the superior of the seminary--is required. For major orders further inquiries must be made.
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5 June 2007 ... The ceremony last Thursday was presided over by Bishop Martin Kivuva, who attributed the huge harvest of vocations in the diocese to good Christian parenting. Twelve deacons from the diocese were ordained to the priesthood last year. ... United Stand Required...
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10:17). For this reason, it is normally impossible for non-Catholic Christians to receive Holy Communion, for to do so would be to proclaim a unity to exist that, regrettably, does not.
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