If it is desired to ordain deacons and priests at the same service, then, in addition to a careful choice of readings to reflect the two different orders that are being conferred (if the readings of the day are not used), the bishop will need to draw the following sections from The Ordination of Priests, also called Presbyters, into that for The Ordination of Deacons:
¶ The third paragraph of the Introduction, beginning ‘Priests are ordained’.
¶ The Presentation
¶ The Declarations (from the beginning to the end of the penultimate paragraph, ending with ‘… your stewardship of his people.’)
¶ The Petitions beginning ‘For N and N’ and ‘For those who are lost’ from the Litany
¶ Veni Creator
¶ The Ordination Prayer
¶ The Giving of the Bible
¶ The Welcome into their order
Notes 7 (The Presentation), 11 (Prayers), 12 (The Ordination Prayer), 13 (The Giving of the Bible), 14 (Anointing) and 16 (The Ministry of the Newly Ordained) to The Ordination of Priests, also called Presbyters, apply equally to the ordination of priests in such a service.
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