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Work: Testament of Our Lord
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Testament of Our Lord — Cooper/Maclean1902 English
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I. 39, 40] NOTES 197 above, but omits about the torture. It says that they shall not lay hands (pl.) on him for a service (cf. Test. “the diaconate ”) or priesthood, for he hath the honour of priesthood by his confession. If appointed a bishop, he is to have hands (plural) laid on him. It goes on to say that if a confessor is not brought before rulers, or bound or imprisoned or condemned unjustly, but has been insulted ... and privately punished and has confessed (Christ), being worthy of every sacerdotal office, he is to be ordained. The bishop is to give thanks as aforesaid, but he need not …
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