III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
1556
To fulfil their exalted mission, “the apostles were endowed by Christ with
a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition
of hands they passed on to their auxiliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is
transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration.”35
- SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
- ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
- III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
- ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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