Chapter 14ConfAug.1.14
De Ordine Ecclesiastico
The Necessity of a Proper Call
The church must require a proper call for anyone who publicly teaches or administers the Sacraments.
Regarding church order, they teach that no one should publicly teach in the church or administer the Sacraments unless properly called.
Read the original Latin
De ordine Ecclesiastico docent, quod nemo debeat in Ecclesia publice docere, aut sacramenta administrare, nisi rite vocatus.
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