Wesley Corpus

2, sec. Probo igitur.) (4.) It was used then for the recovery of the sick; but here it is to be applied only to those that are judged to be past it. Q. 85. Is ordination a sacrament? A. It is truly and properly a sacrament, and doth confer grace; and whoso denies this, is accursed. (Concil. Trid., Sess. 7, Can. 1, 23, cap. 3, Can. 3.) REPLY. We account ordination to be of divine institution, and that by it a ministerial commission is conveyed; but how necessary soever this office is to the Church, and grace for the exercise of it, yet as that grace is not promised to it, we cannot admit it to be properly and truly a sacrament. Q. 86. What are the several orders instituted for the service of the Church? A. The orders always received by the Catholic Church are seven,-the greater and less: The greater are the Priest, Deacon, and Sub-Deacon: The less are the Acolythus, who is to carry the candle and assist the Sub-Deacon; the Exor cist, who is to attend and pray over them that are possessed with the devil; the Reader, and the Ostiarius, or door-keeper. (Catech., par. 2, c. 7, n. 12, 15, &c.) REPLY. We know of no authority there is for any order under a Deacon, so as to anathematize them that do not receive them. (Concil. Trid, ibid., Can. 2.) We know of no authority for the forms used in the ordination of those lower orders; as, when the Bishop admits any to that of Exorcists, he reaches to them a book in which the exorcisms are contained, and saith, “Receive, and commit to memory, and take the power of laying on of hands upon the possessed, or baptized, or catechumens.” (Catech., ibid., n. 17.) We know of no authority for this kind of procedure, for those forms of conjuration contained in those books, or for the use of those rites therein prescribed, for exorcising persons, houses, cattle, milk, butter, fruits, &c., infested with the devil. (See the Pastorale Mechlin, and the Manual of Exorcisms, Antwerp, 1626.) oF THE SACRAMENT of MARRIAGE. Q. 87. Is marriage truly and properly a sacrament? A. Yes; and whosoever denies it so to be, is accursed. (Concil. Trid, Sess. 24, Can. 1.) REPLY. St. Austin saith, that signs, when applied to religious things, are called sacraments. (Epist.