Constitution Author:Episcopal Church Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Canon XII. Of Candidates who may be refused Orders. [Former Canons on this subject were the ninth of 1804, and the sixteenth of 1808.J No Bishop shall orda... more »in any Candidate, until he has inquired of him whether he has ever, directly or indirectly, applied for orders in any other Diocese; and if the Bishop has reason to believe that the Candidate has been refused orders in any other Diocese, he shall write to the Bishop of the Diocese, or if there be no Bishop, to the Standing Committee, to know whether any just cause exists why the Candidate should not be ordained. When any Bishop rejects the application of any Candidate for orders, he shall immediately give notice to the Bishop of every Diocese, or, where there is no Bishop, to the Standing Committee. Canon XIII. Of the Learning of those who are to be Ordained. [Repealed by Canon V. of 1838.] Canon XIV. Of the Preparatory Exercises of a Candidate for Deacori Orders. [Repealed by Canon V. of 1841.J Canon XV. Of the Testimonials to be produced on the part of those who are to be Ordained. [Former Canons on this subject were the sixth of 1789, the fourth of 1792, the second of 1795, and the twelfth of 1808.J Section 1. No person shall be ordained Deacon or Priest in thisChurch, unless he exhibit to the Bishop the following testimonials from the Standing Committee of the Diocese for which he is to be ordained, which recommendation shall be signed by,the names of a majority of all the Committee, the Committee being duly convened, and shall be in the following words : " We, whose names are hereunder written, testify that A. B. hath laid before us satisfactory testimonials, that for the space of three years last past, he hath lived piously, soberly, and honestly; and hath not written, taught, or held anythin...« less