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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/PriestessBaptize
- Priest/PriestessEmergency Ordinations for Novitiates
- BishopConfirm
- BishopMarry
- BishopBury
- BishopOrdain Novitiate Priest/Priestess
- BishopOrdain Priest/Priestess
- E.G.C. BoardLand a Bishop
- PatriarchConsecrate 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.