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cheirotonia

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Subject Religion » Christianity

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631232032.2001.x


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Greek, ordination: literally, voting by raising the hand, therefore, by extension, election or appointment to office. In Christian use, cheirotonia designates sacramental ordination in which a person is made deacon , priest or bishop by episcopal laying-on of hands. It is contrasted with cheirothesia , though the technical distinction emerged over time. Indeed, since cheirotonia takes place by imposition of hands, it too is literally an act of cheirothesia and is sometimes called so. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity



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