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and to presbyters. In chapter IV, it uses the word "priest" to refer instead to presbyters alone. It thus speaks of bishops as "superior to priests", and of "the ordination of bishops, priests, and of the other orders". In its canon VI, it declares that in the Catholic Church "there is a hierarchy
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Their number, according to the uniform and universal doctrine of the Catholic Church, is seven, Porter, Reader, Exorcist, Acolyte, Sub-deacon, Deacon and Priest. ... Of these, some are greater, which are called "Holy", some lesser, which are called "Minor Orders". The great or Holy Orders are
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decreed: "The orders hitherto called minor are henceforth to be spoken of as 'ministries'." This abandonment of the term "minor orders" automatically brought an end also to use of the term "major orders".
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The Catechism of the Council of Trent thus repeats what is stated in chapter II of that Council's Decree on the Sacrament of Order, using the word "priest" to refer both to
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that so desired to apply the term "subdeacon" to those who hold the ministry (formerly called the minor order) of "
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are used to refer in general to the ministerial priesthood shared by bishops and presbyters. The words
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spoke of the "several distinct orders of ministers, intended by their office to serve the
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Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
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by divine ordination constituted, consisting of bishops, priests, and ministers".
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would no longer have the major order of subdiaconate, but it permitted any
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Concordance of use of the term "orders" in the Code of Canon Law
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Catechism of the Council of Trent (Dublin 1829), p. 310
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there are thus now only three orders, as stated in the
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Catholic Church
Council of Trent
holy orders
minor orders
Catechism of the Council of Trent
priesthood
clerical
tonsure
Sub-deaconship
Deaconship
Priesthood
Porter
Reader
Exorcist
Acolyte
bishops
motu proprio
Pope Paul VI
Latin Church
episcopal conference
acolyte
Latin Church
Code of Canon Law
Catechism of the Council of Trent (Dublin 1829), p. 310
The Council of Trent: The Twenty-Third Session
Ministeria quaedam
Ministeria quaedam
Code of Canon Law, canon 1009 §1
Concordance of use of the term "orders" in the Code of Canon Law

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