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This Sacrament configures the recipient to Christ by a Special Grace of the Holy Spirit, so that he may Serve as Christ's instrument for his Church. By ordination one is enabled to act as a representative of Christ, Head of the Church, in his triple Office of Priest, prophet, and king.

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