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ordination
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ordination: see ministry ministry, in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession . The ceremony by which the candidate receives the office of a minister is called ordination.
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; orders, holy orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], in Christianity, the traditional degrees of the clergy, conferred by the Sacrament of Holy Order. The episcopacy, priesthood or presbyterate, and diaconate were in general use in Christian churches in the 2d cent.
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Whom have you invited specifically to consider ordained ministry of Word and Sacrament?
Yet, now 70 and in my 44th year of ordained ministry, I have never been challenged about my family life with Bob.
While the article acknowledged the existence of opposition to women's ordination on the basis of scripture and tradition, it accepted uncritically the belief of some women that they are experiencing an authentic call to ordained ministry.
 
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