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) 5 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.