CCC 1556

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION›III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

Entities

Episcopate Holy Spirit Messiah

Topics

church, sin, day, bishop spirit, holy, christ, father mary, god, mother, man

To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition of hands they passed on to their auxiliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration."

Footnotes

LG 21; Cf. ⇒ Acts 1:8; ⇒ 24; ⇒ Jn 20:22-23; ⇒ 1 Tim 4:14; ⇒ 2 Tim 1:6-7.

Bible Citations (4)

Acts John 1 Timothy 2 Timothy

Acts 1:8, John 20:22-23, 1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6-7

Ecclesiastical Documents (1)

Lumen Gentium

Lumen Gentium 21

Cross-References (2)

CCC 672 CCC 1582

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