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  2. Holy orders in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Do not neglect the gift you have, which was conferred on you through the prophetic word with the imposition of hands of the presbyterate. The following is the full text of the Rite during the Mass (after the Gospel ), taken from a program for an ordination of priests for the Diocese of Peoria in 2015:

  3. Priestly Code - Wikipedia

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    The Priestly Code (in Hebrew Torat Kohanim, תורת כהנים) is the name given, by academia, [1] to the body of laws expressed in the Torah which do not form part of the Holiness Code, the Covenant Code, the Ritual Decalogue, or the Ethical Decalogue.

  4. Priesthood in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in layman's terms priest refers only to presbyters and pastors (parish priests). The church's doctrine also sometimes refers to all baptised members as the "common priesthood", [1] [2] which can be confused with the ministerial priesthood of the consecrated clergy.

  5. Endowment (Mormonism) - Wikipedia

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    Similar ordinances are performed for the living and the dead in LDS temples, where men are: Ordained to the priesthood (for the dead only, since a man coming to the temple for his own endowment would have previously received his Melchizedek priesthood ordination) Washed with water (which only involves a cursory sprinkling of water)

  6. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    They are organized in eight congregations, each headed by an abbot general, but also have an Abbot Primate of the Confederated Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. And the Cistercians are in thirteen congregations, each headed by an abbot general or an abbot president, but do not use the title of abbot primate.

  7. Ordination - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Priesthood (Latter Day Saints) - Wikipedia

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    According to Latter Day Saint doctrine, to exercise priesthood authority, a person must (1) be called by God, (2) be ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and (3) receive the necessary priesthood keys, either through ordination to an office of the priesthood or through delegation or setting apart by someone who does hold the appropriate keys.

  9. Holy orders - Wikipedia

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    Baptists are among the denominations that do not consider ministry as being sacramental in nature [2] and would not think of it in terms of "holy orders" as such. Historically, the word "order" (Latin ordo ) designated an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and ordinatio meant legal incorporation into an ordo .