Catholic Word of the Day: MAJOR ORDERS, 03-02-11

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MAJOR ORDERS

The diaconate, priesthood, and episcopate. Until the Second Vatican Council and the decision of Pope Paul VI in 1973, the subdiaconate was also considered a major order.

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**the subdiaconate was also considered a major order.**

Couldn't have been the transitional deacon -- on the way to becoming a priest? Before that? Maybe what we now call an intern year where they serve in a parish?

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