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==References == | <p> (from '''''Χείρ''''' '', The Hand,'' and '''''Τείνω''''' , to stretch out) is.a word used in the Greek New Test. to indicate the election of church-officers, because one method of voting for. them was by holding up or stretching out the hands. (See [[Ordination]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_32015"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cheirotonia Cheirotonia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_32015"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cheirotonia Cheirotonia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 15 October 2021
Cheirotonia [1]
(from Χείρ , The Hand, and Τείνω , to stretch out) is.a word used in the Greek New Test. to indicate the election of church-officers, because one method of voting for. them was by holding up or stretching out the hands. (See Ordination).
