Of the Minister of this Sacrament (Three Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider the minister of this sacrament: under which head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether a layman can confer this sacrament?

(2) Whether a deacon can?

(3) Whether none but a bishop can confer it?

whether this sacrament imprints a
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