Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cheirotonia or Chirotonia ... ordination, the official investment by a religious group with authority as a leader of some sort, whether sacerdotal, ministerial, or other;
Laying on of hands Finnish Lutheran ordination in Oulu. In Christianity, the laying on of hands (Greek: cheirotonia – χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") is both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church considers ordination (known as cheirotonia, "laying on of hands") to be a sacred mystery (μυστήριο, what in the West is called a sacrament). Although all other mysteries may be performed by a presbyter, ordination may only be conferred by a bishop, and the ordination of a bishop may only be performed by ...
Laying on of hands during a Finnish Lutheran ordination in Oulu, Finland Laying on of hands during a Catholic priestly ordination in Germany. In the New Testament the laying on of hands was associated with the receiving of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 8:14–19). Initially the Apostles laid hands on new believers as well as believers (see Acts 6:5 ...
At his Ordination, a bishop receives grace to perform all the Sacred Mysteries, including Ordination of others. The Scriptural foundation for electing and consecration by laying on of hands is found in the Acts of the Apostles ( Acts 1:15–26 ; Acts 6:2–6 ) and the Epistles to Timothy ( 1 Timothy 4:14 ; 2 Timothy 1:6 ).
Ordination of a Catholic deacon, 1520 AD: the bishop bestows vestments.. Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. [1]
On June 1, Bishop McManus will ordain new priests at St. Paul’s Cathedral, and June 2, the world will celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
However, it is not the means whereby a person becomes a reader. Readers, like subdeacons, are ordained by Cheirothesia - literally, "to place hands" - whereas Cheirotonia - "to stretch out the hands" - is practised at the ordination of the higher clergy: bishops, priests and deacons. [11] The ordination of a reader in Finland.