![]() lat.", XXVI, 185-97) describes how the readers kept the sacred books which the magistrate demanded to be given up (p. The account of the persecution ("Gesta apud Zenophilum" printed in the appendix to Optatus of Mileve in the Vienna edition of "Corp. In the fourth century in Africa the Church of Cirta had four priests, three deacons, four subdeacons, and seven readers. Cornelius I (251-53) in a letter to Fabius of Antioch mentions that the Church of Rome has forty-two acolytes and fifty-two exorcists, readers and doorkeepers. ![]() 105).ĭuring the first centuries all the lessons in the liturgy, including the Epistle and Gospel, were read by the lector. 82 see also the "Egyptian Church Order", V, ib., p. Ap.", xiii Funk, "Didascalia", Paderborn, 1905, II, p. The derived documents however forbid an imposition of hands. Const.", vii, xxii, tells the bishop to ordain a reader by laying on his hand and saying a prayer, which is given. All the group of rituals that depend on the "Apostolic Constitutions" contain the rite of ordaining readers. Readers were blessed and set apart, as were the fossores who dug graves, the notarii who kept registers, and widows. As the idea obtained that a special blessing and dedication should be given to everyone who performs an office for the Church, the reader too was instituted by prayers and some ceremony. Although Justin says that the bishop preached the sermon, it appears that the reader himself often went on to expound what he had read. It involved a higher standard of education than that of most offices. The position of reader was honourable and dignified. ad Corinthios" also contains a reference to a lector, anaginoskon (xix, 1). The first mention of a Christian liturgical reader is by Justin Martyr (d. The primary reason for a special class of readers was the need of some persons sufficiently educated to be able to read the books in church, for the Christians continued the Jewish practice of reading the Sacred Books publicly. ![]() In all Eastern Churches also, readers are ordained to a minor order preparatory to the diaconate. If a bishop sees a great need to ordain a person who is not a member of the Inner Circle of our Ecclesia to the Major Orders of either ETAR+C or TAR+C, this can be done if the majority of the Episcopal Counsel gives its approval.A lector (reader) in the West is a clerk having the second of the four minor orders. The Major Ordination will be solely reserved for the members of the Inner Circle. Invitation to the Major Ordinations are given on request after a member has complete the pre-requiset studies and found proficient, and after s/he has undertaken the proper preparations given to he or she after the application has been accepted.Įxceptions to this rule can be done if the Bishop in charge sees a need to install a Deacon or Priest in an area. A prospect must meet the local clergy, reinterviewed and be invited for ordination. The Minor Ordinations are as follows: Clericus, Ostiarius, Lector, Exorcista, Accolitus. The minor ordinations are given can be given after request of members of any initiated tradition that falls in line with he focus of ETAR+C. The office of Bishop is administrative both regarding the lineage and the outer manifestation of our Ecclesia.īoth men and women can receive all ordinations of the Ecclesia Theurgica Apostolica Rosae+Crucis on equal terms. All our secrets are explained to those who have been ordained Priests of our Inner Sanctuary. There are three Greater Ordinations and these are Deacon, Priest and Bishop. The Greater Ordinations study the nature of the macrocosmos – the greater world, and the Mystery of Hidden Light and Life penetrating the universe and man. They are five in number, corresponding to the four elements in addition to that of spirit, and they are called: Cleric, Doorkeeper, Reader, Exorcist and Acolyte. The Lesser Ordinations explore the mysteries of the microcosmos – that is the nature of Man. Our Ecclesia is divided in two, the first is the Ordines Minor and the other the Ordines Major - or the Lesser and Greater Ordinations.
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