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2selectivethe source is quoted against its own sense by leaving out what stands beside it
19:42 Jay Dyer
after baptism, there's a laying on of hands, which is chrismation
St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite (compiler) The distinction is right: chrismation follows baptism as a separate mystery, the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit. But in the Orthodox rite it is done by anointing with myrrh on the forehead, eyes, nostrils, mouth, ears, breast, hands and feet, not by laying on of hands. Laying on of hands was the early apostolic form (Acts 8, 19); later practice, as in Canon 7 of Constantinople I as received, speaks of sealing with myron. So "laying on of hands" describes the origin loosely, not the present form. I did not open a text, so the citation is by reference only.
Canon 7 of the Second Ecumenical Council (Constantinople I), as received; Acts 8:14-17
0grantedthe objection lands, and the standpoint concedes it
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The laying on of hands is apostolic succession. Baptism is a different ritual.
St. Ignatius of Antioch (bishop) Granted in substance. In the Pastoral Epistles (1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6) Paul's laying on of hands on Timothy is read as ordination to the episcopate, a link in the succession. Baptism is a different mystery. One refinement: succession is not the laying on of hands alone but the continuity of faith and communion in the bishop's church. Ignatius ties the bishop to the Eucharist and the unity of the local church, and Irenaeus gives the lists of succession as witness to that faith. I did not open the texts, so the citation is by reference.
1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6; Ignatius, Letter to the Smyrnaeans 8; Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.3