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356 VII. TIME OF FREEDOM AND NEOLOGY.
pectoral cross and staff, and is not vested in the cope, until
after the office of bishop is formally committed to him just
before the laying on of hands and the Lord s Prayer. The
Prayer Book of 1811 was, I believe, the first in which the
pectoral cross was mentioned.
For the ordination of a priest, however, we unfortunately
find the phrase
"
Invigning till Prediko-Ambetet," sub
stituted for the old title
"
till Prest-Ambetet
"
: that is to
say,
"
consecration to ministerial office," instead of "to
priestly office." On the other hand, it is right to remember
(i) that the intention to make a priest is clearly shown by
the use of the chasuble, in which the ordinand is vested after
the delivery of the office and before the laying on of hands
and the Lord s Prayer ; (2) that the wr
ord
"
priest
"
is found
continually in the other services of this Prayer Book ;
for
instance, in those for baptism, holy communion, marriage,
burial, etc. ; (3) that the sections in the Church-law referring
to the priesthood remained unaltered, and that in Swedish
literature, dictionaries, etc., the words are considered to be
synonymous, and to connote the ministry of the Word and
Sacraments, and not merely the ministry of the Word.
The "
ministry," as described in the Augsburg Confession
and other symbolical books, is never restricted to preach
ing. This blot has happily been removed in the Prayer
Book of 1894.
The modern form of ordination of a priest is as follows :
After an introductory hymn and prayers and the recita
tion of the names of those to be ordained, certain passages
of Holy Scripture bearing on the office are read, and com
mended to the attention of the ordinands. Then a con
fession of faith is made in terms of the Apostles Creed,
and certain questions are put, including the following,
which refers to the special formularies of the Swedish
Church: "Will you, according to your best understand
ing and conscience, purely and clearly proclaim God s
Word as it is given to us in the Holy Scripture, and as our
Church s confessional writings witness thereto?"
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