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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates ordination to the minor order of exorcist, the third of seven ordinations culminating in full priesthood. The bishop, seated on his throne and surrounded by attendant priests, offers an ornate book (perhaps the book of exorcisms) to one of the ordainees. The tonsure o... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates ordination to the minor order of porter or doorkeeper, the first of seven ordinations culminating in full priesthood. The bishop gives a large key to the candidate for ordination, who kneels before him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates ordination to the minor order of lector or reader, the second of seven ordinations culminating in full priesthood. The bishop, seated on his throne, and the ordainees listen while another priest reads “verbum Dei,” or the word of God from a book, perhaps a lectionary o... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates one aspect of the sacrament of priestly ordination. The bishop, seated on his throne, is ritually cutting the hair of the man to be ordained, that is, giving him tonsure. He cuts in four places, front, back, over the ears and the crown of the head -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first in a series illustrating the various stages in the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. The bishop is seated on his throne in front of the altar with attendant priests at his side. Four candidates for ordination kneel before him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates ordination to the second of the three major orders: the diaconate, the sixth of seven ordinations culminating in full priesthood. Seated on his throne and with attendant priests at his side, the bishop offers a book to the ordainee kneeling before him. Each deacon is ... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates ordination to the first of the three major orders: the subdiaconate, the fifth of seven ordinations culminating in full priesthood. The bishop, seated on his throne, offers a chalice and paten to the ordainee kneeling before him. Another priest, wearing a cope, offers... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates one aspect of ordination to the priesthood: the blessing of the priests’ hands. The bishop anoints both hands of the new priests with oil and their hands are then wrapped in a linen cloth and blessed. Then the bishop, seated on his throne, offers the chalice, filled wit... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates one aspect of ordination to the third of three major orders: priesthood, the seventh and last of a series of ordinations culminating in full priesthood. The bishop, seated on his throne with attendant priests at his side, speaks to the ordainees kneeling before him wit... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates one aspect of ordination to the priesthood: the laying on of hands. The bishop stands and lays his hands in turn on the head of each man being ordained. The ordainees all kneel wearing the priestly vestments of alb and stole and carry the chasuble over one arm. In th...