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21Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders — is a document published in November 2005 by the Congregation for Catholic Education, one of the top level offices of the Catholic Church. Contents 1 Commentary and implications 2 Reactions to the document …
22Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders — Infobox short story | name = Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders title orig = translator = author = Robert Louis Stevenson country = flagicon|Scotland Scotland language = English series = The Rajah s Diamond genre = Detective fiction short… …
23Examination for Holy Orders — Title I, canon 6 of the Digest provides that There shall be assigned to every Candidate for Priest s Orders three separate examinations. These examinations are made by the Bishop in the presence of two or more Priests. The three examinations… …
24holy orders — 1. the rite or sacrament of ordination. 2. the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister. 3. the major degrees or grades of the Christian ministry. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …
25holy orders — plural noun the sacrament or rite of ordination as a member of the clergy …
26holy orders — UK / US noun [plural] the ceremony during which someone is officially accepted into the Christian Church as a priest …
27holy orders — Священные чины …
28holy orders — ho′ly or′ders n. pl. 1) rel (used with a sing. v.) the rite of ordination 2) rel (used with a sing. v.) the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister 3) rel the degrees of the Christian ministry • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
29holy orders — /ˌhoʊli ˈɔdəz/ (say .hohlee awduhz) plural noun 1. the rite or sacrament of ordination. 2. the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister. 3. the major degrees or grades of the Christian ministry …
30holy orders — The rank or station of ecclesiastical officers …