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From a sociological perspective, ordination legitimates the ordinand's role as clergy and performance of rituals. Pogorelc, Anthony J. (21 April 2021). "Social Construction of the Sacrament of Orders". Religions. 12 (5): 290. doi:10.3390/rel12050290. ISSN 2077-1444.
Monks, James L. (1 September 1946). "Relations between Anglicans and Orthodox: Their Theological Development". Theological Studies. 7 (3): 410–452. doi:10.1177/004056394600700303. ISSN 0040-5639.

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"Code of Canon Law – IntraText". Code of Canon Law. Canon 1014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. No bishop is permitted to consecrate anyone a bishop unless it is first evident that there is a pontifical mandate.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
"Code of Canon Law – IntraText". Code of Canon Law. Canon 1014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Unless the Apostolic See has granted a dispensation, the principal bishop consecrator in an episcopal consecration is to be joined by at least two consecrating bishops; it is especially appropriate, however, that all the bishops present consecrate the elect together with the bishops mentioned.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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"Sacrament of the Holy Priesthood". Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2011. "The Orthodox Faith — The Sacrament of the Holy Priesthood", Retrieved 3 August 2011
Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — The Seven Ecumenical Councils, p641", Retrieved 3 August 2011
Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — The Seven Ecumenical Councils, p839", Retrieved 3 August 2011
Archived 5 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — The Seven Ecumenical Councils, P790", Retrieved 3 August 2011
Pius XII. "Episcopali consecrationis". Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013. Episcopalis Consecrationis Ministrum esse Episcopum et ad huius Consecrationis validitatem unum solum sufficere Episcopum, qui cum debita mentis intentione essentiales ritus perficiat, extra omne dubium est diuturnaque praxi comprobatum. [That the minister of episcopal consecration is a bishop, and that only one bishop–who performs the act with the necessary intention of the mind performs the essential rites—is necessary for the validity of that consecration, is proved beyond all doubt and by long practice.]
"Code of Canon Law – IntraText". Code of Canon Law. Canon 1014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. No bishop is permitted to consecrate anyone a bishop unless it is first evident that there is a pontifical mandate.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
"Code of Canon Law – IntraText". Code of Canon Law. Canon 1014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Unless the Apostolic See has granted a dispensation, the principal bishop consecrator in an episcopal consecration is to be joined by at least two consecrating bishops; it is especially appropriate, however, that all the bishops present consecrate the elect together with the bishops mentioned.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States (PDF). Chapter 2, No. 77: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
""Orthodox Statements on Anglican Orders"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011.
Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine"Unity Faith and Order – Dialogues – Anglican Orthodox," Introduction, par. 2 ("From Moscow to Lambeth (1976–8)
Sokolof, Archpriest Dimitrii (1899), Manual of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services, Jordanville, New York: Holy Trinity Monastery (published 2001), pp. 132–136, ISBN 0-88465-067-7, archived from the original on 2 July 2017 {{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Order of Service: Ordination of a Deacon and Ordination of a Minister of the Word Archived 26 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Uniting Church in Australia,
"Deacon ordination" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
"Beliefs—Membership and Organization", Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses, As Retrieved 2009-09-01 Archived 26 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, "Jehovah's Witnesses have no clergy-laity division. All baptized members are ordained ministers"
For example, the U.S. Supreme Court case Dickinson v. United States found that Dickinson should have been considered a minister by his draft board because of his ordination by baptism as a Jehovah's Witness and his continued service as a Jehovah's Witness "pioneer". Online Archived 28 May 2001 at the Wayback Machine
"Russian Federation Federal Law", Chapter 1, Article 3, Paragraph 7, as cited by Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses, As Retrieved 2009-09-01 Archived 7 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, "Ecclesiastical privilege is protected by the law. A clergyman may not be prosecuted for refusal to testify on circumstances that became known to him during confession."
"Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses?", Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses, As Retrieved 2009-09-01 Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, "Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses?...The worldwide organization is directed by an unpaid, ecclesiastical governing body serving at the international offices in Brooklyn, New York."
"Temple Israel Chronicle, January 2009, p3" (PDF). templewb.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
"Press". www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
"Statement of H.H.-the Dalai Lama". www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
"New Kadampa Tradition – Kadampa Buddhism (NKT-IKBU) – Kadampa Meditation Center". info-buddhism.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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BuddhaSasana. "What Buddhists Believe – What is Vinaya?". www.budsas.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
Expulsion letter: "To the Tibetan Buddhists around the world and fellow Tibetan compatriots within and outside Tibet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
Londonnay ལོན་ཏོན་ནས། (29 October 2015). "(part 1) Geshe Tashi explains Buddhist ordination rite". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via YouTube.
Londonnay ལོན་ཏོན་ནས། (2 November 2015). "(part 2) Geshe Tashi challenges NKT Buddhist ordination rite". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via YouTube.
"Bible Gateway passage: Judges 4 – English Standard Version". Bible Gateway. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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From a sociological perspective, ordination legitimates the ordinand's role as clergy and performance of rituals. Pogorelc, Anthony J. (21 April 2021). "Social Construction of the Sacrament of Orders". Religions. 12 (5): 290. doi:10.3390/rel12050290. ISSN 2077-1444.
Monks, James L. (1 September 1946). "Relations between Anglicans and Orthodox: Their Theological Development". Theological Studies. 7 (3): 410–452. doi:10.1177/004056394600700303. ISSN 0040-5639.

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Londonnay ལོན་ཏོན་ནས། (29 October 2015). "(part 1) Geshe Tashi explains Buddhist ordination rite". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via YouTube.
Londonnay ལོན་ཏོན་ནས། (2 November 2015). "(part 2) Geshe Tashi challenges NKT Buddhist ordination rite". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via YouTube.

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