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  2. Ordination exams - Wikipedia

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    Each reader assigns a grade of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory to each essay question. Then if the student passes a majority of questions for that reader, the reader assigns a Satisfactory grade. If one reader passes a student, and a second fails that student, a third reader is then called in to make a final judgment and the use of the third ...

  3. 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]

  4. Appointment of Catholic bishops - Wikipedia

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    The exact process varies based upon a number of factors, including whether the bishop is from the Latin Church or one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the geographic location of the diocese, what office the candidate is being chosen to fill, and whether the candidate has previously been ordained to the episcopate.

  5. Clergy of the United Church of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Upon ordination or commissioning, the minister's membership with his or her sponsoring community of faith is transferred to the Regional Council where he or she has been called. From that point on, the minister is never again a member of a community of faith; even after retirement, a minister is a member of Regional Council rather than a ...

  6. Ordination mill - Wikipedia

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    An ordination mill is a religious organization or denomination in which membership is obtainable by trivial means and all members are qualified for self-ordination as a minister of religion, bishop, priest or deacon without any prerequisite training, work, experience, seminary study or other qualification. In some cases, ordination may be ...

  7. Papal conclave - Wikipedia

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    The process was further refined by Gregory XV with his 1621 bull Aeterni Patris Filius, which established the requirement of a two-thirds majority of cardinal electors to elect a pope. [10] The Third Lateran Council had initially set the requirement that two-thirds of the cardinals were needed to elect a pope in 1179. [ 11 ]

  8. Holy orders - Wikipedia

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    The ordination of a deacon occurs after the Anaphora (Eucharistic Prayer) since his role is not in performing the Holy Mystery but consists only in serving; [11] the ceremony is much the same as at the ordination of a priest, but the deacon-elect is presented to the people and escorted to the holy doors by two sub-deacons (his peers, analogous ...

  9. Ordination of women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    While ordination of women has been approved in many denominations, it is a very controversial and divisive topic. Ordination is the process by which people are consecrated by a Christian denomination, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies such as celebrating the sacraments. The process and ceremonies of ...