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1 | "Laying on of Hands"? Heb. 6:1-2 | Heb 6:2 | beckyleigh | 137949 | ||
My husband and I are attending a Bible study on Hebrews 6 : 1-2. We have been taking each "elementary teaching" and going over it separately. At the moment we are studying "the laying on of hands". If anyone has any information on this subject or even personal opinions I would be interested to hear what you have to say. Thank you very much, beckyleigh |
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2 | "Laying on of Hands"? Heb. 6:1-2 | Heb 6:2 | Emmaus | 137950 | ||
beckyleigh, Here is one perspective on your question "The Old Testament suggests and the New Covenant reveals the creative action of the Son and the Spirit,(Cf. Ps 33:6; 104:30; Gen 1:2-3) inseparably one with that of the Father. This creative co-operation is clearly affirmed in the Church's rule of faith: "There exists but one God. . . he is the Father, God, the Creator, the author, the giver of order. He made all things by himself, that is, by his Word and by his Wisdom", "by the Son and the Spirit" who, so to speak, are "his hands".(St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 2,30,9; 4,20,I: PG 7/1,822,1032.) Creation is the common work of the Holy Trinity. " "The hand ( as a symbol of the Holy Spirit). Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.(Mk 6:5; 8:23; 10:16) In his name the apostles will do the same. (Cf. Mk 16:18; Acts 5:12; 14:3) Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given. (Cf. Acts 8:17-19; 13:3; 19:6) The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching. (Cf. Heb 6:2) The Church has kept this sign of the all-powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit in its sacramental epicleses." "From that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism. For this reason in the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine concerning Baptism and the laying on of hands is listed among the first elements of Christian instruction. The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church."(cf. Acts 8:15-17; 19:5-6; Heb 6:2) "The essential rite of the sacrament follows. In the Latin rite, "the sacrament of Confirmation is conferred through the anointing with chrism on the forehead, which is done by the laying on of the hand, and through the words: 'Accipe signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti' [Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.]." In the Eastern Churches of Byzantine rite, after a prayer of epiclesis, the more significant parts of the body are anointed with myron: forehead, eyes, nose, ears, lips, chest, back, hands, and feet. Each anointing is accompanied by the formula SfragiV dwreaV PneumatoV Ā¢Agiou (Signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti): "the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit."" "The word order in Roman antiquity designated an established civil body, especially a governing body. Ordinatio means incorporation into an ordo. In the Church there are established bodies which Tradition, not without a basis in Sacred Scripture,(Cf. Heb 5:6; 7:11; Ps 110:4) has since ancient times called taxeis (Greek) or ordines. And so the liturgy speaks of the ordo episcoporum, the ordo presbyterorum, the ordo diaconorum,. . . . " "Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite called ordinatio, a religious and liturgical act which was a consecration, a blessing or a sacrament. Today the word "ordination" is reserved for the sacramental act which integrates a man into the order of bishops, presbyters, or deacons, and goes beyond a simple election, designation, delegation, or institution by the community, for it confers a gift of the Holy Spirit that permits the exercise of a "sacred power" (sacra potestas) which can come only from Christ himself through his Church. Ordination is also called consecratio, for it is a setting apart and an investiture by Christ himself for his Church. The laying on of hands by the bishop, with the consecratory prayer, constitutes the visible sign of this ordination." Excerpts from The Catechism of the Catholic Church Emmaus |
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