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Orders, Hierarchy of

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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By divine institution, we have the episcopate, the priesthood, and the diaconate; this threefold gradation corresponds to the three grades of the Sacrament of Orders. By ecclesiastical institution, next in order of rank and dignity we have the subdiaconate; then the four minor orders acolyte, exorcist, reader, porter.

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Entry for 'Orders, Hierarchy of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​o/orders-hierarchy-of.html. 1910.
 
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