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To: Petrosius
Check out 2 Timothy 1:6: For which cause I admonish thee, that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of hands. [i.e., ordination]

Nice try but that passage was written to Timothy who was an evangelist, not a Elder/Bishop, and referred to the miraculous gifts of the Spirit which he had received from the hands of Paul. Keep looking, but it is just not there.

145 posted on 06/09/2006 10:07:54 PM PDT by tenn2005 (Birth is merely an event; it is the path walked that becomes one's life.)
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To: tenn2005
Nice try but that passage was written to Timothy who was an evangelist, not a Elder/Bishop, and referred to the miraculous gifts of the Spirit which he had received from the hands of Paul.

Where did you get such a silly idea? Timothy wrote not one of the gospels nor even one of the epistles. In 1 Timothy 4:14 we read:

Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
Thus the grace that was given to Timothy was not from a personal charism of Paul but from the office of priest. Paul clearly sets up the offices of bishop, priest and deacon. Being offices they are endowed with authority, otherwise they would be empty titles. In Titus 1:5 we read:
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as also I appointed thee.
So we see that Paul also appointed Titus a priest and instructed him to do likewise. Thus the office of priest is gained by way of ordination from another and not by the congregation. Its authority descends from the hands of the apostles.
150 posted on 06/10/2006 11:06:55 AM PDT by Petrosius
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