Holy Orders - EcclesiologyPNDSherman

Holy Orders
Jacob Sanders, Tracie VerKuilen and Paul Ernst
Basis of the
Sacrament
In The New Testament
Jesus chose his twelve apostles and sent them out
into the world to preach and spread the word of
Jesus. The Apostles handed down their positions
to other people.
(CCC 1562)
In The Old Testament
God set apart the Levi tribe
to be priests to offer gifts to
sacrifice for people’s sins.
(CCC 1539)
In Sacred Tradition
It is given by Christ to his Apostles to be
passed down and practiced until the end of
time, and has three degrees; deacon, priest,
and bishop, or episcopate, presbyterate, and
diaconate
The Evolution of Holy
Orders
In the First Period of Biblical History, so in the
Old Testament, it was regionally the father, or
patriarch of the father would was considered the
priest. He would make sacrifices to God for his
family.
Ordination
During the time of Moses, God gave the
During the first centuries of the Church
it took place whenever the demand was
needed
Pope Gelasius declared that
ordinations should be at Specific times
of the year
Minor Orders were on Sundays and
Days of Obligation.
Ordination of Major Orders Happened
before the Gospels.
priesthood to the tribe of Levi.
The Oldest son of Each generation would be the
high priest, and the rest would basically be their
assistants.
Jesus brought a new law and therefore a new
In the 7th century the tradition of the
instruments of the offices were added.
alb and stole to deacons
stole and planeta to priests
ring and staff to bishop
priesthood.
Jesus instituted the new Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass. This new gift was no longer just a mere
token (sheep, ox, ext..,) but it would be a gift
worthy of God.
Major and Minor Orders
Used to be four minor orders, porter, lector, exorcist, and
acolyte. These were later incorporated into the major
orders. Recently Lector and Acoltye have again become lay
positions (positions for people not ordained)
The four major orders were subdeacon, deacon, priest, and
bishop. Subdeacon was removed long ago and today
deacon, priest, and Bishop and are the only three orders.
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Example of Matter and Form
Matter and Form
A Textbook.
The Matter is the Laying on of Hands by the Bishop
Matter would be all of the pages in the book.
The Form would be the words that go along with
Form would be all the words on those pages.
the laying on of hands and the prayers that go along
A Chemistry book and a Physics book are
with it.
substantially different because of the words, so
Without the two working together it would not
therefore they are essentially different.
work.
The Accidents in the textbook would be the color of
The accidents are all the parts that are non-essential,
if you took them away then it would still be the
the pages or the font of the words. You could change
same thing
those all you want but it wouldn’t change the book
substantially, and therefore it would essentially be the
What is Matter?
1.
same.
It is the material of action that
makes up an object or act.
What is Form?
2.
It is the way the material or act is
shaped or done that makes it able to
fulfill its purpose.
What are accidents?
3.
They are various attributes that the
object can have without changing
the purpose of the object.
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