holy orders
Holy orders refers to the sacrament in the Catholic Church through which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops, enabling them to serve the Church and administer sacraments such as the Eucharist, reconciliation, and anointing of the sick.
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Related Concepts (23)
- apostolic succession
- archbishop
- bishops
- canon law on holy orders
- catholic church
- catholicism
- clergy
- deacons
- diaconate
- episcopacy
- episcopal consecration
- ministries in the church
- monasticism
- ordination
- permanent diaconate
- pope
- presbytery
- priesthood
- priests
- religious orders
- sacrament of holy orders
- sacraments
- transitional diaconate