CONCLUSION OF ORDINAL
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Hippolytus, Antipope and Easton, Burton Scott
3. “At every ordination the eucharist must be offered.”
4. Compare Justin, Apology 67, where the “president” offers prayers “according to his ability” (ὅση δύναμις αὐτῷ), and Tertullian, Apology 30: “we pray ... without a monitor, for our prayers are from the heart”. But extempore prayer in no way excludes frequent use of traditional formulas.