Posted on 01/17/2014 7:47:32 AM PST by Salvation
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SACRAMENT OF ORDERS
The sacrament that, by the imposition of a bishop's hands, confers on a man the grace and spiritual power to sanctify others. There are three forms of this sacrament, also called sacramental orders, namely diaconate, priesthood and episcopate. they are not, however, three sacraments, but only one sacrament that is separately administered with three successively higher sacramental effects. It is certain that every baptized male can be validly ordained, although it would be highly illicit to ordain him before the age of reason. It is likewise certain that every baptized male can be validly ordained a priest without previously being ordained a deacon. However, the more probable teaching is that a baptized male cannot be validly consecrated a bishop unless he has previously been ordained a priest.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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Exactly when is the “age of reason”?
For Jesus, it was 12.
When was it for you?
For me it was the day I realized that Christ died for my sins and that His finished work for me was the only hope I had to be reconciled to God. The Gospel of the grace of God, you know.. I wasn’t 12. I was grown. And lost. And without hope in this world. Amazing grace.
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