The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is a small museum, library and archives in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.

The Schwenkfelder Church is a small American Christian body rooted in the 16th century Protestant Reformation teachings of Caspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig ( 1489 – 1561 ).

The immigrant members of the Schwenkfelder Church brought saffron to the Americas ; Schwenkfelders may have grown saffron in Europe — there is some record that at least one member of the group traded in the spice.

In 1782, the Society of Schwenkfelders was formed, and in 1909 the Schwenkfelder Church was organized.

The Schwenkfelder Church has remained small, and currently there are five churches with about 3, 000 members in southeastern Pennsylvania.

They are the only institution dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Schwenkfelder story, including Caspar Schwenckfeld, the Radical Reformation, religious toleration, the Schwenkfelders in Europe and America, and the Schwenkfelder Church.

* Caspar's Corner, from Palm Schwenkfelder Church in Palm, PA

Though followers have held the teachings of Schwenkfeld since the 16th century, the Schwenkfelder Church did not come into existence until the 20th century, due in large part to Schwenkfeld's emphasis on inner spirituality over outward form.

In 1782, the Society of Schwenkfelders was formed, and in 1909 the Schwenkfelder Church was incorporated.

The Schwenkfelder Church has remained small: there are five congregations with about 2, 500 members in southeastern Pennsylvania.

The Schwenkfelder Church meets annually at a Spring General Conference.

* Schwenkfelder Church at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

* Entry for Schwenkfelder Church at Adherents. com

The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center has exhibits and programs throughout the year.

The Schwenkfelder churches recognize the right of the individual in decisions such as public service, armed combat, etc.

* Schwenkfelder Museum.

* The Ordination of Women: An Essay on the Office of Christian Ministry.

The only sacrament which may be celebrated only by a bishop is that of Ordination ( cheirotonia, " Laying-on of Hands "), or Holy Orders.

As Anglicanism represents a broad range of theological opinion, its presbyterate includes priests who consider themselves no different in any respect from those of the Roman Catholic Church, and a minority who prefer to use the title presbyter in order to distance themselves from the more sacrificial theological implications which they associate with the word “ priest .” While priest is the official title of a member of the presbyterate in every Anglican province worldwide, the ordination rite of certain provinces ( including the Church of England ) recognizes the breadth of opinion by adopting the title The Ordination of Priests ( also called Presbyters ).

Ordination of a bishop, priest, deacon or subdeacon must be conferred during the Divine Liturgy ( Eucharist )— though in some churches it is permitted to ordain up through deacon during the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts — and no more than a single individual can be ordained to the same rank in any one service.

Ordination is granted at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, the Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies of Budapest and the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ).

He is founder of the ALEPH Ordination Programs and ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.

Ordination is based on the recipient's age and worthiness and does not require any specific training or aptitude.

Ordination is seen as a public ceremony of recognition that a man has received and accepted a divine call, and hence is considered to be in the office of the ministry.

Ordination of women is practised in all 22 member churches with many women having been ordained in recent years.

Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.

And no man is to be accepted as a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in this Church, or permitted to execute any functions pertaining to these Orders, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto according to the Canons of this Church, and in accordance with the Order prescribed by this Church for making, Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons, or hath had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination.

Ordination can be administered only by a bishop in Apostolic Succession ( valid ), and should only be accomplished by a bishop who is properly authorized by the Holy See ( licit ).

* Ordination, the process by which one is consecrated

" The course of Singers is opened to women " Ordination of women ," below.

" The Story of the Prohibition of the Ordination of Pandaka " from the Vinaya explains that the ban is a response to the example of a monk with an insatiable desire to be sexually penetrated by men, who requested and received this from some animals handlers, who then in turn related the incident to the wider community and brought disgrace upon the sangha.

Ordination in general religious usage is the process by which a person is consecrated ( set apart for the administration of various religious rites ).

" Ordination " in Buddhism is a cluster of methods of self-discipline according to the needs, possibilities and capabilities of individuals.

Ordination to minor orders is done by a bishop at any public worship service, but always outside the context of the Divine Liturgy.

The Task Force produced a report :‘ Tradition and the Ordination of Women ’, which concluded that ‘ Ordinatio Sacerdotalis ’ is mistaken with regard to its claims on the authority of this teaching and its grounds in Tradition.

The temple is divided between the Hall of Abstinence, the Ordination Altar and the Hall to Guanyin.

Ordination to the priesthood is the exception rather than the rule for monastics, as a monastery will usually only have as many hieromonks and hierodeacons as it needs to perform the daily services.

The music is firmly rooted in the tradition of New England psalmody and William Billings in particular, although it also shows other influences ( e. g. Handel, as in Ordination Anthem ).

Ordination of a bishop, and thus continuation of apostolic succession, takes place through a ritual centred on the imposition of hands and prayer.

Before the Protestant Reformation, church leaders ( the bishops ) were universally understood to gain their authority through apostolic succession via the Sacrament of Ordination.

In the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches, the term " consecration " can refer to either the Sacred Mystery ( Sacrament ) of Cheirotonea ( Ordination through laying on of hands ) of a Bishop, or the sanctification and solemn dedication of a church building.