Given the importance that the ordination of a bishop, a priest, or a deacon has for the life of the particular Church, its celebration calls for as many of the faithful as possible to take part.

由于主教、司铎或执事的圣秩授予礼，对个别教会的生活是很重要的，因此尽量要求有较多的信友参礼。

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Some Anglican churches have threatened to break away because of the ordination of a gay bishop by the Episcopal church in the US. Steve Gray of the UCC Indiana-Kentucky Conference said he supports gay marriage but worries about the cost of this decision.

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The leaders of America's Episcopalians have been at odds with most of worldwide Anglicanism since the ordination in 2003 of an openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson.

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The Church of England's decision not to allow the ordination of women bishops was "wrong", said the Bishop of Truro.

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