...and love ! A similar form is used at the ordination of priests in the Church of England. The bishop says, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and...committed to thee by the imposition of our hands," &c. Believing that by these formularies, they have been admitted as members of that corporate body,...

...receivetk the Order of Pritithood; the Receiver* humbly kneeling upon their knetl, and the Bilhop laying, RECEIVE the holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose...

...name) who appoints the bishops ;* that is, who dictates who the men shall be who shall profess to give the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, together with the power of remitting and retaining sins. Thus a man who is seeking mere political ends...

...sign," but also "the inward and spiritual grace given." When a prelate lays his hands upon a priest, he says, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest." When one of their bishops is ordained, he is thus addressed — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office...

...subsequently ratified and confirmed by the celebration of the holy Communion, that authority to execute the office and work of a priest in the Church of God is then committed to the candidate by the imposition of the Bishop's hands. Thus, every thing is done...

...shall partake it. — AMEN I 140 NOTES. THE Form of ordaining Priests in the Church of England is — " Receive the HOLY GHOST for the office and work of a Priest of the Church of GOD, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost...

...confer more absolute powers, than does the English one, when he says to the candidate at his feet — " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose...

...bishops who might desire it. This form is as follows : — " Take thou authority to execute the office of a priest in the Church of God, now committed to thee by the imposition of our hands ; and be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of His holy sacraments ; in the name of...

...bishops who might desire it. This form is as follows:—" Take thou authority to execute the office of a priest in the Church of God, now committed to thee by the imposition of our hands; and be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of His holy sacraments; in the name of the...

...bishops of the English church to the men whom they send forth as Christ's ministers. " Receive thou the Holy Ghost for the " office and work of a priest in the church of God, now com" mitted 1o thee by the imposition of our hands. Take thou " authority to preach the word of God,...