V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
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Since the sacrament of Holy Orders is the sacrament of the apostolic ministry,
it is for the bishops as the successors of the apostles to hand on the
“gift of the Spirit,”63 The “apostolic
line.”64 Validly ordained bishops, i.e., those who are in the line
of apostolic succession, validly confer the three degrees of the sacrament of
Holy Orders.65
- SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
- ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
- V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
- 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
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4W.HTM
