- Catholic Encyclopedia: Holy Orders
Offers a definition and history of the sacrament.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/11279a.htm
- Catechism of the Catholic Church: The Sacrament of Holy Orders
Offers an explanation, the three degrees, and more.
www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/orders.html
- Wikipedia: Holy Orders
Hyperlinked article supplies background on the three degrees of Holy Orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches believe that Holy Orders is a sacrament, while Anglicans are divided on the matter, and Protestant denominations do not consider ordination a sacrament.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_orders
- Catholic Rite of Holy Orders
Includes intoductions to the minor and major orders.
www.truecatholic.org/ordmain.htm
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