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  2. Laying on of hands - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Christian laying on of hands - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Semicha in sacrifices - Wikipedia

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    It is also mentioned in Leviticus 4:24 with regard to the laying on of hands over one's sin-offering, before it was slaughtered: "And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat." In Pseudo Jonathan 's Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch , the translator of the verse explains its sense: "And he shall lay his right hand with force on the ...

  5. Holy orders - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Faith healing - Wikipedia

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    Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. [1]

  7. Cheirotonia - Wikipedia

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    Cheirotonia or Chirotonia (Greek: χειροτονία) etymologically means "hand-stretching." It acquired a few different meanings, which survive as technical terms: 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

  8. Semikhah - Wikipedia

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    Example semikhah certificate, Yadin Yadin, of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan awarded by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel.The wording, as is typical, states that the holder is learned in Shas (ש״ס) – i.e. has wide knowledge of Talmud – as well as in Rishonim and Acharonim – i.e. has deep knowledge of Halakha.

  9. Axios (acclamation) - Wikipedia

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    The election was accomplished by all, the laying-on of hands by the bishops only (1 Timothy 4:14). Because of the danger of politicizing the process, and because of electoral corruption, the clergy began to be appointed by the episcopate alone (a priest or deacon is appointed by the ruling bishop ; a bishop is elected by a synod ).