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ordaining

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of Ordain

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As churches discontinued ordaining women as deacons, these duties largely fell to the nuns and to the priests' wives. Source: Internet

He is also credited with the construction of the Norbulingka 'Summer Palace' started by his predecessor in Lhasa and with ordaining some ten thousand monks in his efforts to foster monasticism. Source: Internet

In 1992, the CJLS action affirmed its traditional prohibition on homosexual conduct, blessing same-sex unions, and ordaining openly gay/lesbian/bisexual clergy. Source: Internet

In 1784, Wesley responded to the shortage of priests in the American colonies due to the American Revolutionary War by ordaining preachers for America with power to administer the sacraments. Source: Internet

In addition to training and ordaining women and openly LGBT people as rabbis and cantors, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has trained and ordained openly transgender people as rabbis (see Elliot Kukla and Reuben Zellman ). Source: Internet

I simply appropriated him, ordaining him on the spot (so as to fulfill one of his personal goals before he could). Source: Internet

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