In the Episcopal Church, those who are to be ordained must “solemnly declare that [they] . . . believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation.” They go on “solemnly [to] engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Episcopal Church.” The ordinand is required to sign this Declaration “in the sight of all present” before the ordination can proceed.[1]
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