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Laying on of hands Finnish Lutheran ordination in Oulu. In Christianity, the laying on of hands (Greek: cheirotonia – χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") is both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers ...
Laying on of hands during a Finnish Lutheran ordination in Oulu, Finland Laying on of hands during a Catholic priestly ordination in Germany. In the New Testament the laying on of hands was associated with the receiving of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 8:14–19). Initially the Apostles laid hands on new believers as well as believers (see Acts 6:5 ...
According to some, different reasons apply to laying hands on different sacrifices; for example, Ibn Ezra argued that laying two hands on the Yom Kippur goat (Leviticus 16:21) indicates a transfer of sins, while laying one hand (on other sacrifices, e.g. Leviticus 1:4) designates the animal as a sacrifice and indicates the animal's ownership. [11]
Christian laying on of hands, by which the authority of the Holy Spirit is considered passed between individuals, sometimes used in a secular sense to mean hand-picked succession; ordination, the official investment by a religious group with authority as a leader of some sort, whether sacerdotal, ministerial, or other
The laying on of hands (Cheirotonia), conferring the holy order of deacon upon an Orthodox subdeacon. The Eastern Orthodox Church considers ordination (known as cheirotonia, "laying on of hands") to be a sacred mystery (μυστήριο, what in the West is called a sacrament). Although all other mysteries may be performed by a presbyter ...
A number of evangelical leaders visited the Oval Office on Tuesday to pray for and with President Trump, reports CNN.. As Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of Florida led the prayer, some in the group ...
Further on in the text, connection between the gift of the Holy Spirit and the gesture of laying on of hands appears even more clearly. Acts 8:18–19 introduces the request of Simon the Magician in the following way: "When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands". In Acts 19, baptism of the disciples is ...
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