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- MANY INQUIRIES have been received regarding the procedure for
- ordaining the Novitiate Priests, Novitiate Priestess, Priests, Novitiate
- Priestess, and Exorcists. Here are the normal steps taken to ordain
- someone:
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- The Secretary of the E.G.C. Board is notified by a Bishop of the
- intended ordination. When the Secretary OK's the ordination, the Bishop
- performs the ordination. The Bishop then informs the Secretary of the
- E.G.C. of the date of the ordination.
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- In cases of emergency, a fully ordained Priest (or Priestess) may
- ordain a Novitiate Priestess (or Priest) to serve for one Mass only.
- This provision allows for properly-sanctioned masses to be held when one
- member of the team of celebrants fails to show up for a scheduled mass.
- This provision, however, is only used in emergency situations and is not
- designed to replace normal ordinations.
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- Bishops are selected by the Patriarch and ordained by the Patriarch.
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- To summarize who can do what in the church:
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- Priest/Priestess Baptize
- Priest/Priestess Emergency Ordinations for Novitiates
- Bishop Confirm
- Bishop Marry
- Bishop Bury
- Bishop Ordain Novitiate Priest/Priestess
- Bishop Ordain Priest/Priestess
- E.G.C. Board Land a Bishop
- Patriarch Consecrate Bishops
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- A Landed Bishop is assigned a specific area of responsibility. Not
- all bishops in the church are Landed Bishops. Some prefer to be
- Wandering Bishops. Of course, bishops are exorcists, exorcists are
- priests/esses, and priests/esses are deacons.
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