Bible Dictionary: Fasting: Ordination of Ministers

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Acts 13:3
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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Acts 14:23
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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The Ordination of Paul and Barnabas; their Missionary Tour in Asia ...
... By the laying on of hands the ministers of Antioch ... Immediately after their ordination
Paul and Barnabas entered on ... when they had prayed with fasting, they laid ...
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The Gospel Message in Antioch
... apostles were solemnly dedicated to God by fasting and prayer ... And when the ministers
of the church of believers in ... a later date the rite of ordination by the ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 16 the gospel message.htm

The Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... Of these we acknowledge repentance, ordination of ministers ... or by midwives, but by
the ministers of the ... True Christian fasting consists in temperance, abstinence ...
/.../ 55 the second helvetic.htm

The Transplanting of Congregationalism
... upon an appointed day of prayer and fasting, July 20 ... Upon this day, the two ministers
and many among the ... among the Puritan body; their local ordination of their ...
/.../chapter ii the transplanting of.htm

Since we Know it to be Handed Down as a Rule of the Roman Church.. ...
... for all things and especially for fasting and prayer ... deacons, provided it was contracted
before ordination; yet never ... vow of chastity from the ministers of the ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xiii since we know.htm

The Brethren at Home.
... As the solemn time of ordination drew near there were consultations of ministers
with closed doors, and days set apart for fasting and prayer throughout the ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vii the brethren at.htm

Of the Power and Authoritie Given to Synods.
... Church or Synod) should enjoyn their Ministers to preach ... ordination, although
Act.1. be alledged, where Matthias ... of Antioch did, when with fasting and prayer ...
/.../the keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof/chap vi of the power.htm

In common with the Roman Church, the Greek Church has seven ...
... were absent from the celebration, and is partaken of fasting. ... But before speaking
of Ordination, it may be useful ... place in the case of the ministers of religion ...
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English Version of the Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... teach that the Son and the Holy Spirit are God only in name; also, that there is
in the Trinity something created, and that serves and ministers unto another ...
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On the Ecclesiastical Ministrations of the New Testament and on ...
... hence, also, the apostles were called "ministers," as being ... Election, or choice,
is the ordination of a person ... on of hands, and also by previous fasting and is ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lix on the ecclesiastical.htm