Paul VI:
Pontificalis Romani
18 June, 1968
ACTS of PAUL VI
APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION
Approbation of the new rites for ordination of Deacons, Priests, and Bishops
Denique in Ordinatione Episcopi,
materia est impositio manuum quae ab Episcopis consecrantibus, vel saltem a
Consecratore principali, fit silentio super caput Electi ante precationem
consecratoriam; forma autem constat verbis eiusdem precationis consecratoriae,
quorum haec ad naturam rei pertinent, atque adeo ut actus valeat exiguntur:
Et nunc effunde super hunc
Electum eam virtutem, quae a te est, Spiritum principalem, quem dedisti dilecto
Filio Tuo Iesu Christo, quem Ipse donavit sanctis Apostolis, qui constituerunt
Ecclesiam per singula loca, ut sanctuarium tuum, in gloriam et laudem
indeficientem nominis tui.
Finally, in the ordination of a bishop, the
matter is the laying of hands by the consecrating Bishops, or at least by the
principal Consecrator, done in silence over the head of the Elect before the
consecratory prayer; the form consists of the words of the consecratory prayer,
of which the following belong to the essence, and are therefore required for
validity.
So now pour out upon this chosen one that
power which is from you, the governing Spirit whom you gave to your beloved Son,
Jesus Christ, given by the Same to the holy Apostles, who founded the Church in
each place, to be your sanctuary in the unceasing glory and praise of your name.
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