Laying On of Hands

This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration of persons to high and holy undertakings;" (and in the Christian Church was especially used in setting apart men to the ministry and to other holy offices. It is a symbolical act expressing the imparting of spiritual authority and power. --ED.)

1936. epithesis -- a laying on, an assault
... [1 Tim 4:14 shows how the "laying on of hands" helps spur people to receive God's .
These endowments bring great fruitfulness to the Lord's Church. ...
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4244. presbuterion -- a body of elders
... 1 Tim 4:14: Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on
you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the () ( ...
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A Woman Shall not Receive the Laying on of Hands as a Deaconess ...
... at Antioch in Syria. Canon XV. A woman shall not receive the laying on
of hands as a deaconess under forty� A woman shall not ...
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Presbyters and Deacons Convicted of the Graver Crimes Shall not ...
... Canon XXVII. (Greek xxx.) Presbyters and deacons convicted of the graver
crimes shall not receive laying on of hands, like laymen. ...
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Claiming.
... Before proceeding to consider the answer, "Claim it," let us notice what the Divine
Word has to say about (1) prayer and (2) laying on of hands in connection ...
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The Ordination of Paul and Barnabas; their Missionary Tour in Asia ...
... The Holy Ghost had attested their commission, and the ministers of Antioch, by the
laying on of hands, set their seal to the truth of the oracle. ...
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Hebrews vi. 3-Jan
... not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward
God; of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands; and of ...
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Of Confirmation.
... It is surprising that it should have entered any one's mind to make a Sacrament
of Confirmation out of that laying on of hands which Christ applied to little ...
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The Impossibility of Renewal.
... not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward
God, of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of ...
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Effects of Baptism and of Chrism.
... Unction of Christ by the Holy Ghost at His Baptism: Confirmation is universally
admitted to have been a following of the Apostles in their laying on of hands. ...
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The Gospel Message in Antioch
... Before being sent forth as missionaries to the heathen world, these apostles were
solemnly dedicated to God by fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands. ...
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The Extension of the Church Throughout the World
... Titus at Crete, though they received in the "laying on of hands" power to execute
such of the highest offices of the Apostolic function as were to be ...
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