...not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and of soberness. Receive the Holy Ghost; whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and...thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God and of his holy sacraments. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Take thou...

...the Bishop lays his hands on the head of the ordinand he prays: Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed...thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And in...

...intention of ordaining him to the episcopate: 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands'. The laying on of hands occurs within a context which defines its purpose. That is to say, it would...

...with the declared intention of ordaining him to the priesthood; 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thcc by the imposition of our hands. ' The bishop does this as one acting within the universal Church...

...it came, I know not where." The charge in the ordination service of the Book of Common Prayer says: "Be thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God and of his holy sacraments." This coupling of the Word and of the sacraments is common in the churches of...

...committed unto thee: In the name," &c. And the priesthood thus: "Receive the HOLY GHOST, for the office and work of a Priest, in the Church of GOD, now committed...thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of GOD, and of His Holy Sacraments: In the name," &c. These, I say, were words spoken to us, and received by us, when...

...in the prayer at the laying on of hands, the bishop says to those being ordained priest, the words 'Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven;...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.' The Tractarians and their followers laid great emphasis on these statements which give such unequivocal...

...prayers pronounced during the imposition of hands: "Receive the Holy Ghost, for the Office, and iwrk of a Priest, in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands.'"-" There is no longer any doubt as to which order is meant. The bestowal of the Bible then follows, as...

...receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed...thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1 Then...

...intends a passing on of the 'binding and loosing' authority. Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, now committed...Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and those sins thou dost retain, they are retained. But it has remained a disputed question whether this...