Elders ordain priests and teachers by the laying on of hands. [Between A.D. 400 and 421]

 THE manner which the disciples, who were called the ^aelders^• of the church, ^bordained ^cpriests^• and teachers—

 After they had prayed unto the Father in the name of Christ, they ^alaid their hands upon them, and said:

 In the name of Jesus Christ I ordain you to be a priest, (or, if he be a ^ateacher) I ordain you to be a teacher, to preach repentance and ^bremission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on his name to the end. Amen.

 And after this manner did they ^aordain^• priests and teachers, according to the ^bgifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the ^cpower^• of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.