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1.
Introduction |
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11.
Vestments |
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2.
Work |
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Continued formation |
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3.
Being part of the One Church |
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13.
Holy Orders |
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Working in the community |
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Membership of the Order |
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Liturgy |
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Overseas Provinces |
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Prayer |
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Resignation from the Order |
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The Bible |
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8.
The place of ‘the traditions of the church’. |
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9.
Language usage |
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10.
Authority within the Order |
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Holy
Orders.
1)
The Order is an Apostolic Order and has the right by virtue of its
Executive Bishop and assistant bishops to grant the receiving of Holy
Orders if discerned.
2)
The Order’s bishops maintain a line of Apostolic Succession and
if it is discerned as being right, appropriate and within the will of
God that a person’s call to a priestly vocation is true, then
they may be ordained priest but without denomination. Those ordained
in this manner will come under the direct supervision and
jurisdiction of the Order’s bishops.
3)
Being granted Holy Orders is not a right and neither is it dependent
on educational qualification but rather on calling, evidence of
existing ministry and a genuine faith and love of the Lord.
4)
Some words of wisdom for those seeking Holy Orders: our Lord chose
fishermen for his first disciples. Fishermen are intuitive,
committed, hard workers who are used to working as a team to get the
job done and used to working in sometimes difficult or dangerous
conditions. These qualities are principally the same ones the Order
is looking for.
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