Ordination Rites of the Ancient Churches of East and West

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xi, 288 pages ; 23 cm A study of the early texts in ordination to the offices of greatest antiquity in the Christian churches of East and West. These offices include bishop, presbyter, deacon, deaconess, subdeacon, acolyte and reader. The author introduces the primary sources of the texts and outlines the nuclear structure of the ordination ritual and comments on the prayers and ceremonies proper to each order. Then in the second part of the book, he offers English translations of the texts available Spine title: Ordination rites of East and West Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index Part 1. Introduction. The sources -- The structure of the rites -- Bishop -- Presbyter -- Deacon -- Deaconess -- Minor orders -- Part 2. Patristic texts. Apostolic tradition of Hippolytus -- Canons of Hippolytus -- Apostolic constitutions -- Testamentum domini -- Sacramentary of Sarapion -- Part 3. Eastern texts. Armenian -- Byzantine -- Coptic -- East Syrian -- Georgian -- Jacobite -- Maronite -- Milkite -- Part 4. Western texts. Roman -- Gallican -- Mozarabic -- An ordination prayer used in England: the Leofric Missal -- The later composite rite: the sacramentary of Angoulême * * *Robert Siscoe sent me this (and mentioned it [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rCJLeaCxvKslGcHC4aj80U6BO4oM45ZQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107711278700267124370&rtpof=true&sd=true)):> Fr. Jenkins argued (1981) that the removal of “ut” from the new rite of ordination entirely changed the meaning and therefore rendered it at least doubtful; and if it is doubtful, Fr. Jenkins went on to say, it must be treated as invalid (“a doubtful sacrament is no sacrament). As an aside, I (Robert Siscoe) have located four ancient Sacramentaries that omit the word “ut,” which proves that it has no effect whatsoever on validity.> [*Gregorian Sacramentary under Charles the Great* p. 7](https://archive.org/details/gregoriansacrame00cath/page/n63), 9th century> [*Codices Sacramentorum libri 3. Sacramentorum Romanæ Ecclesiæ, Missale Gallicanum vetus* p. 31](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6rVhPJ6sHdkC/page/n51) (1680)> Gerbert’s [*Monumenta veteris liturgiae alemannicae* p. 41](https://archive.org/details/monumentaveteri01gerbgoog/page/n54) (1779)> [*Leonine Sacramentary* , p. 122](https://archive.org/details/sacramentariuml00feltgoog/page/n144/mode/2up?q=Presbyterii) (bottom)