RT Article
T1 Cheirotonia and Ordination
JF Scottish journal of theology
VO 9
IS 2
SP 175
OP 182
A1 Every, George 1909-2003
LA English
YR 1956
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785540157
AB The verb ordinare and its cognates have been used for the setting apart of church officers ever since Latin began to be an ecclesiastical language. It is significant that the names of the offices were transliterated; cheirotonia, the laying-on-of-hands, was not. This no doubt may be very simply explained. Actions with the hands were used in healing, in the reconciliation of penitents, in the ceremonies in and after baptism. A distinction of terms was needed; the choice of a term points forward to the whole history of Latin Christendom.
DO 10.1017/S003693060001111X