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Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:

• Penance (Continued)
• Extreme Unction
• Order (Holy Orders)
  • 34. The Sacrament of Orders
  • 35. The Effect of the Sacrament of Orders
  • 36. Qualities in Those to be Ordained
  • 37. The Distinction of Orders: The Character
  • 38. The Minister of Holy Orders
  • 39. The Impediments to Orders
  • 40. Matters Pertinent to the Sacrament of Orders
• Matrimony
• The General Resurrection
• The Last Things
• Appendix I (The Innocents in Limbo)
• Appendix II (Two Notes on Purgatory)

38. The Minister of Holy Orders

1. The bishop alone has the power to confer the sacramentof orders.

2. This power is not taken from a bishop. He retains italways. Even should he lapse into heresy or schism, he does notlose this power. A heretical or schismatical bishop would singravely by exercising the power to confer holy order.

"Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to You. give me all that will lead me to You. Take me from myself and give me to Yourself."
St Nicholas Flue

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"As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers"
St Augustine

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"Does our conduct correspond with our Faith?"
The Cure D'Ars

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