Ordination
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Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized to perform various religious rites and
Ordination of a Catholic deacon, 1520 AD: the bishop lays his hands on the ordinand
Ordination of a Catholic priest in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, 2007
The ordination of Lutheran priests and deacons in Stockholm Cathedral
Ordination of an Orthodox. The deacon being ordained is kneeling with the bishop's omophorion over his head as the bishop blesses him immediately before the Cheirotonia.
Laity
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In religious organizations, the laity – individually a layperson, layman or laywoman – consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious o
Ordination
…Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites…
The person standing in the pulpit wearing vestments is a cleric, whereas the people seated below are of the laity.