of the Council of Trent were said to be o? this sentiment, but the in* trigues of the pope and hi_, legates overawed them, and prevented tho establishment of this opinion, because it was suppooed to be injurious to, or inconsistent with, the supremacy. The tAS-? opinion is that of those who, distinguishing the order of the episcopate from the priesthood, with the patrons of the second opinion, nevertheless make one order of both generically, although they are two specifically. For example, they say the priesthood is a certain genus, to which the presbyterate and episcopate, as distinct species, belong; mid hence the priesthood generically considered constitutes the seventh order, which is divided into the presbyterate ?s its begirmlng, and into the episco?)ste, which is its perfection. Those who hoM this opinion say, that the greatest power belonging to the priesthood consisM in their making the body and blood of Christ; :o the first order is that of those who consecrate the eucharist. Nevertheless, because partake of this power diversely, the priests who consecrate the b? of Christ, and the bishops who beth consecrate and confer the pawer of consecrating on others; hence there are tWO ?]?SC? Of priests, who constitute one order, because the chief and notable power is cornmoo to both.' 3. The following is the ?-?on of the several orders in the Chm?:h of Rome, according to the most authentic standards :- The Council of Trent (sess. 23, cap. 2) divides them into ?, ?rwat?', and mhor?, Ze##. Aquinas gives the division of ;acryLr, or non .Y?Wr'?, ? sacy'ed. The ?o?'eate,- or sacred ord? are the ]mod, d?aco;L?/u?, and sud?d?/?. The other four orders are called m?nm', or ? ?a .cred. The episcopate, with them, embr?css the following dignitaries, viz., Z,o;2e, pa?r?are. A, prOmar. e,' arc. Ab?Aop, and card?q?u?. III. PV/?tAcr a? t/? o?d? are ?acrammu?. 1. The priesthood is, for the most part, considered to be the begin- ning and fountain of all the orders. Some say, "The whole plenitude ?,f this sacrament is in the priesthood; but in the others there is a par- t?cipation of order, and thus all the orders are one sacrament."'[' Some affirm that the presbyterate alone is the sacrament. Thus there is much diversity of opinion on this, as well as most other doctrines among their theologians, whenever there is any room for dissent, sod when they are not hemmed in by those dogmas which limit them in their investigations. The presbyterate, however, is acknowledged by most to be a sacrament, .and they even consider this as an article faith; yet the Council of Trent seems to place the sacrament in the pr?rt?ood, which is made to comprise for the most psfi both the ep? copate and the presbyterate. 2. Concerning the episcopste there is much diversity of opinion, whether it is a sacrament or not. Some, as Hugo u S. Victors, Alens, and Bonaventura, contend that opiscop? ordination is no sacrament, but someLlxing ?cr?, impressing no character distinct from the sacerdotal. They say if the episcopote be a sacrament, there &rs mo? h?c enim ordo alios omnes coraplect/tur, atque ut or/glue p?/mus est, sic omp./um fens estet calmt.?I?f//?. TAea/?. de Ord/se, tom. iv, ? ii, p.
- See Ba/lly, de Ordhte, c. l, tom. iv,.p. ?4?. L/ebefman,
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