CAN. II.
WHEN a Bishop is Ordained, two Bishops shall lay and hold the Book of the Gospel, upon his Head, and Neck; and one saying the Blessing over Him, all the other Bishops that are Present, shall touch his Head with their Hands.
A vindication of the ordinations of the Church of England in which it is demonstrated that all the essentials of ordination, according to the practice of the primitive and Greek churches, are still retained in our Church : in answer to a paper written by one of the Church of Rome to prove the nullity of our orders and given to a Person of Quality / by Gilbert Burnet.
About this Item
- Title
- A vindication of the ordinations of the Church of England in which it is demonstrated that all the essentials of ordination, according to the practice of the primitive and Greek churches, are still retained in our Church : in answer to a paper written by one of the Church of Rome to prove the nullity of our orders and given to a Person of Quality / by Gilbert Burnet.
- Author
- Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by E.H. and T.H. for R. Chiswel ...,
- 1677.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Church of England -- Clergy -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Ordination.
- Cite this Item
-
"A vindication of the ordinations of the Church of England in which it is demonstrated that all the essentials of ordination, according to the practice of the primitive and Greek churches, are still retained in our Church : in answer to a paper written by one of the Church of Rome to prove the nullity of our orders and given to a Person of Quality / by Gilbert Burnet." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30479.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.