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	Holy Orders
		Order is used to signify not only the particular rank or general status of the clergy, but also the outward action by which they are raised to that status, and thus stands for ordination.
		For admission to minor orders, the testimony from the parish priest or from the master of the school where the candidate was educated--generally, therefore, the superior of the seminary--is required.
		Minor orders may be conferred in any place, but it is understood that they are given in the church.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/h/holy_orders.html (5604 words)

	Minor orders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches, the minor orders are lector and subdeacon.
		The minor orders were until 1972 a part of the clergy of the Latin rite Catholic Church.
		Minor orders were conferred by the presentation to the candidate of the appropriate instruments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_orders (462 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Minor Orders
		Moreover, ecclesiastics, as a general rule, no longer remain in the lower orders, the liturgical functions of which are discharged either by the clergy in the higher orders, as in exorcism, or by the laity, as in singing and serving at the altar.
		In the East, moreover, the subdiaconate has remained a minor order; in the West it was gradually detached from the minor orders, on account of its higher liturgical functions and also because of the vow of celibacy it called for.
		Minor orders are conferred by the presentation to the candidate of the appropriate instruments, in accordance with the ritual given in the "Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua," a document which originated in Gaul about the year 500.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10332b.htm (1023 words)

	Holy Orders
		Holy Orders are the several different degrees of ordained ministries recognized by the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches.
		The outward and visible sign of the sacrament is the imposition of hands by a bishop, sometimes accompanied by the transmission of an object or objects associated with the order, such as a chalice and paten for a priest.
		The minor orders are not usually included in the term "holy orders," for they really refer to laymen set apart for special tasks rather than to clergy in the proper sense of the term.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txh/holyorde.htm (1002 words)

	Holy Orders
		In the East, however, the subdiaconate is regarded as a minor order, and it includes the functions of three of the Western minor orders (porter, exorcist and acolyte).The Byzantine Catholic Church, as a general rule therefore, only counts two grades of ecclesiastical institution: the subdiaconate and the lectorship.
		While the conferring of the three sacramental orders of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate, pertains to the bishop alone, the pope may delegate a priest to administer the four minor orders, and even the subdiaconate.
		The order of deacon is subordinate to the priesthood.
	www.durenmar.de /articles/holyorders.html (4322 words)

	Holy Orders - The Minor Orders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The historical development of these orders was not the same throughout the Church and, moreover, their functions underwent considerable modifications according to the exigencies of the times.
		These four orders are called minor orders because of their lesser importance and dignity when compared to major orders; they are not sacraments.
		Not more than two minor orders may be received on the same day; nor is it allowed that tonsure and a minor order be received by the same candidate on the same day.
	www.truecatholic.org /ordminor.htm (485 words)

	Circle of Prayer - The Sacrament of Holy Orders
		The conferring of the Sacrament of Holy Orders (diaconate and priesthood) and the conferring of tonsure, the minor orders (porter, lector, exorcist, and acolyte) and the subdiaconate.
		All orders are normally conferred by bishops; but abbots have the power of conferring tonsure and minor orders on their own subjects.
		The orders are the episcopate, the priesthood and the diaconate.
	www.circleofprayer.com /holy-orders.html (3283 words)

	Reader (minor orders) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the medieval Catholic church, the lector was a junior-level cleric and one of the four Minor Orders as defined by the Council of Trent.
		However, as a minor order, the lector was not part of the sacrament of Holy Orders.
		Minor orders were discontinued in the reformed Church of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reader_(minor_orders) (987 words)

	Minor orders - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Minor Orders in the Orthodox Church refers to those set aside for service other than the major orders.
		The minor orders are conferred through the form of ordination known as cheirothesia.
		In the West after 1054 (i.e., in the Roman Catholic Church), the subdeacon was considered among the major orders after the 13th century, though has now fallen into disuse, as have the orders of doorkeeper and exorcist (since 1972).
	orthodoxwiki.org /Minor_orders (153 words)

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		When a minor is placed with a fit and willing relative, the court may authorize the relative to provide the same legal consent for the minor's medical, surgical, and dental care, and education as the custodial parent of the minor.
		The order shall state that responsibility for custody of the minor shall be held jointly by the probation department and the State Department of Social Services when it is acting as an adoption agency in counties that are not served by a county adoption agency or the licensed county adoption agency.
		The order shall also state that the State Department of Social Services when it is acting as an adoption agency in counties that are not served by a county adoption agency or the licensed county adoption agency has exclusive responsibility for determining the adoptive placement and for making all adoption-related decisions.
	info.sen.ca.gov /pub/01-02/statute/ch_0801-0850/ch_831_st_2001_ab_1696 (6399 words)

	Pope Paul VI - Ministeria Quaedam
		As a result, the offices of porter, reader, exorcist, and acolyte were called minor orders in the Latin Church in relation to the subdiaconate, diaconate, and priesthood, which were called major orders.
		Nevertheless, since the minor orders have not always been the same and many functions connected with them, as at present, have also been exercised by the laity, it seems fitting to reexamine this practice and to adapt it to contemporary needs.
		The acolyte is appointed in order to aid the deacon and to minister to the priest.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/P6MINORS.HTM (1555 words)

	orders, holy - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		and culminating in the Middle Ages, resulted in a division of major holy orders (episcopacy, priesthood, diaconate, and subdiaconate) and minor orders (acolyte, exorcist, lector, and doorkeeper), with a special rite of introduction into the clerical state called tonsure.
		From the late Middle Ages, the minor orders and the major orders of subdiaconate and diaconate were largely ceremonial, considered steps to priestly ordination, and were taken by those who intended to be ordained to the priesthood.
		In 1972 tonsure, minor orders, and subdiaconate were abolished, and a rite of admission to candidacy to the diaconate and priesthood took their place.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-orders-h.html (589 words)

	Holy Orders
		The duties of the deacon are to handle the sacred vessels, to be of service to the priests and Bishops (inside and outside of the liturgy), to read the Epistle and Gospel at the Mass, to be general stewards, and to serve the widows and orphans.
		This Order is Sacramental, and the first of the three divinely-instituted grades of the hierarchy of Orders, the others being the priesthood and the episcopate.
		The duties of the acolyte are to light the Altar candles, carry the candles in procession, prepare the water and wine for the Mass, and assist the priest during the Mass The symbols of this order are the candle, the cruet, and a linen bag.
	www.fisheaters.com /holyorders.html (2751 words)

	Europe in the Age of the Reformation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the medieval Church, holy orders was one of the seven sacraments, so this hierarchy, and the powers attendant upon it, was at the absolute core of what it meant to be Catholic.
		The great advantage of being in minor orders was that you were technically a member of the clergy, so you had those privileges.
		The minor orders had by the late Middle Ages developed into an important role in the Church and in society at large.
	www.idbsu.edu /courses/reformation/rcc/rcc.shtml (2998 words)

	CT23
		Those who are to be promoted to minor orders shall have a good testimonial from their parish priest; and from the master of the school in which they are educated.
		And such shall not be promoted to sacred orders till a year after the reception of the last degree of minor orders; unless necessity, or the utility of the church, in the bishop's judgment, shall require otherwise.
		And if there should not be unmarried clerics at hand to exercise the functions of the four minor orders, their place may be supplied by married clerics of approved life; provided they have not been twice married, be competent to discharge the said duties, and wear the tonsure and the clerical dress in church.
	history.hanover.edu /texts/trent/ct23.html (1823 words)

	Latin Mass News - VOL.2, Issue 28 - August 29 , 1999
		While we do not know exactly when the Minor Orders developed as separate stages of Priestly formation, we do know that they were already established and in full use by the Church during the third century.
		These orders were instrumental to the early Church during its persecution and served to call the faithful to Mass as well as securing the Church buildings from invaders.
		L'Osservatore Romano, the official Newspaper of the Vatican, and consequently the voice of the Pope, Announced the appointment of Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz to the congregation of Bishops and of Walter Kasper of Stuttgart to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
	www.unavoceca.org /Archives/1999/19990829.html (1456 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Holy Orders - Part II
		This article is an explanation of the rites and ceremonies of the Sacrament of Holy Orders including the minor order of lectors, exorcists, acolytes, and the subdiaconate.
		The order and authority of exorcists is contained most perfectly (eminentiori modo — as philosophers would say) in the grace and virtue of the priesthood.
		The subdeacon shares in some of the functions that appertain to the deacon; but, though the order is now ranked among the major ones, it is still a matter of debate whether it is really an integral part, as it were, of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3627 (2430 words)

	In re Doe (b. 05/22/84) (Memorandum Opinion)
		[M]inor is hereby released from probation and discharged from the court's jurisdiction and all existing orders are revoked subject to the Court's review of the HYCF furlough/treatment plan and restitution.
		The deputy AG challenged the appropriateness of Minor's placement at Cornell Abraxas and submitted into evidence a DOH report, recommending that Minor be placed at the Queen's Family Treatment Center [hereinafter, Queen's] with appropriate therapy and sex offender treatment as necessary.
		Moreover, the court's July 9, 2001 order required DOH to place Minor at Cornell Abraxas or another "highly secured treatment facility." Therefore, the family court had continuing jurisdiction, under its inherent power as codified in HRS § 571-8.5, to enforce its order that Minor be placed at Cornell Abraxas.
	www.hawaii.gov /jud/24611mop.htm (3679 words)

	LM
		Ordination to minor orders in the early church included a commission to exercise the office and the handing over of instruments appropriate to the office.
		The subdiaconate was considered a minor order until it was included among the major orders by Pope Innocent III in 1207.
		The Anglican Ordinal of 1550 made no mention of the minor orders, and Article XXXVI of the Articles of Religion, "Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers," mentions only the consecration of bishops, priests, and deacons.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /19625_14793_ENG_HTM.htm (267 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Holy Orders
		There are seven orders in the Latin Church: four minor, acolyte, exorcist, reader, and porter; and three major, or sacred orders, subdeacon, deacon, and priest.
		For minor orders, the instruments whose use is commanded by the Roman Pontifical are the matter; the words pronounced by the minister as the ordinandus touches the instruments, are the form.
		The effects of the minor orders and the subdiaconate are to confer spiritual power, enabling the recipient to discharge the duties and offices proper to each individual order.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd06154.htm (660 words)

	Minor's Compromise
		Provision that a file-stamped copy of order will be provided to the institution at the time of deposit and that a receipt from the financial institution must be promptly filed with the court, acknowledging receipt of both the funds deposited and the order for deposit of funds.
		The court is authorized by statute to order the money held under such conditions as the court in its discretion determines to be in the best interests of the minor.
		If the paperwork is in order, the court will typically publish a tentative indicating that the proposed orders have been signed and the hearing has been taken off calendar.
	www.fresnosuperiorcourt.org /civil/general_info/minors_compromise.php (1109 words)

	ORB -- The Military Orders: Introduction
		The military orders were associations of knights and other persons who followed a monastic rule established by a pope or church council.
		The military order had also been foreshadowed by the establishment of loose lay confraternities of knights in the eleventh century.
		Genuine military orders were first created in the Holy Land in the early twelfth century, where they soon became mainstays of the defense of the Crusader kingdoms.
	www.veling.nl /anne/templars/milintro.html (625 words)

	The ENGLISH Ordinal -- 聖多瑪斯．亞奎拿信仰交流區
		There were in Rome at this time, and had been for three centuries, five minor orders of ministers (making eight orders in all), viz.
		The "Tradition of the Instruments," which had been the way of appointing to the minor orders, and the distinctive mark of this appointment, came to be added to the three chief orders: to the priest was given a chalice with wine and a paten with a wafer; to the deacon, a Gospel-book.
		This came to be accepted in the Roman Communion; and thus it was that some Roman Catholics have thought that Anglican Orders were not valid, because this form of the "Tradition of the Instruments" was dropped in the Second Prayer Book.
	www.voy.com /61266/165.html (997 words)

	- Holy Orders
		Ordinations to the Major Orders always occur during the course of the Divine Liturgy, whereas those to the Minor Orders usually take place during the Hours preceding the Liturgy.
		In all cases of ordination to the Major Orders, there is a laying-on of hands on the head of the one being ordained and the grace of the Holy Spirit is invoked.
		Like ordination to the Major Orders, ordination to the Minor Orders also involves a laying-on of hands, but there is no invocation of the Holy Spirit in these ordinations.
	www.orthodoxed.org /article.php?id=40 (906 words)

	CT - Living the Sacraments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The first four had incised into the risers the names of the minor orders in use at the time it was built: porter, lector, exorcist and acolyte.
		After the council, the minor orders and the subdiaconate were suppressed, with lector and acolyte becoming officially recognized ministries but no longer called orders.
		The order of deacons developed over time as a powerful order, often in charge of the administration of the church and in control of the finances.
	www.catholiccincinnati.org /tct/oct2105/102105sacrament.html (1298 words)

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