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to observe.<sup id="cite_ref-KrahnRempel1989_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrahnRempel1989-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples of ordinances include <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Lord's Supper</a>, both of which are practiced in denominations including the <a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal Church">Pentecostal</a> denominations.<sup id="cite_ref-EngleArmstrong2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EngleArmstrong2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some churches, including those of the Anabaptists, include <a href="/wiki/Christian_headcovering" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian headcovering">headcovering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">footwashing</a> as ordinances.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of ordinances depends on the Christian denomination, with <a href="/wiki/Mennonites" title="Mennonites">Mennonite Anabaptists</a> counting seven ordinances,<sup id="cite_ref-Hartzler2013_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hartzler2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while some Baptists may name two or three.<sup id="cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrossThompson2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinctions">Distinctions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Distinctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christian traditions, including <a href="/wiki/Anabaptists" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabaptists">Anabaptists</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Mennonites" title="Mennonites">Mennonites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schwarzenau_Brethren" title="Schwarzenau Brethren">Schwarzenau Brethren</a>), <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Churches/Churches_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Churches/Churches of Christ">Christian Churches/Churches of Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disciples_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Disciples of Christ">Disciples of Christ</a>, refer to "ordinances", rather than "<a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrament (Christianity)">sacraments</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrossThompson2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Durnbaugh1983_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durnbaugh1983-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While a sacrament is seen as a means of grace from God, an ordinance is a practice that rather demonstrates the participants' faith. <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a>, and many historic <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> traditions (<a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutherans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglicans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Reformed_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Reformed Church">Continental Reformed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Congregationalism" title="Congregationalism">Congregationalists</a>) prefer the use of the term "sacrament".<sup id="cite_ref-KrahnRempel1989_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrahnRempel1989-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anabaptism">Anabaptism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Anabaptism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For Anabaptists, "ordinances brought one into conformity with the truth of Jesus Christ, whose <a href="/wiki/Life_of_Jesus_in_the_New_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Jesus in the New Testament">life</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a>, death, and <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">resurrection</a> had so fundamentally altered all of humanity and creation that human beings were now capable of works of loving obedience that revealed the indwelling presence of God in Christ in all people."<sup id="cite_ref-Volf2001_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Volf2001-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seven ordinances have been taught in many <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Mennonite" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Mennonite">Conservative Mennonite</a> churches, which include "baptism, communion, footwashing, marriage, anointing with oil, the holy kiss, and the prayer covering."<sup id="cite_ref-Hartzler2013_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hartzler2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dunkard_Brethren_Church" title="Dunkard Brethren Church">Dunkard Brethren Church</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Anabaptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Anabaptist">Conservative Anabaptist</a> denomination in the <a href="/wiki/Schwarzenau_Brethren" title="Schwarzenau Brethren">Schwarzenau Brethren</a> tradition, includes <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feetwashing" class="mw-redirect" title="Feetwashing">feetwashing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">communion</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_kiss" title="Holy kiss">holy kiss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_head_covering" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian head covering">headcovering</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_sick" title="Anointing of the sick">anointing of the sick</a> among the ordinances of the Church. Feetwashing, communion and the holy kiss occur during the <a href="/wiki/Lovefeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovefeast">lovefeast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DBC2021_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBC2021-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baptists">Baptists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baptists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some Baptists teach <a href="/wiki/Baptist_beliefs#Practices" title="Baptist beliefs">two ordinances</a>, <a href="/wiki/Believer%27s_baptism" title="Believer's baptism">baptism</a> and the Lord's Supper, as established explicitly by Jesus Christ, while other sacraments include additional ordinances instituted by the <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a> in the New Testament, such as "<a href="/wiki/Laying_of_hands" class="mw-redirect" title="Laying of hands">the laying on of hands</a>" or <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_sick" title="Anointing of the sick">anointing of the sick</a>, as expressed in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Baptist_confessions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Baptist confessions">Standard Confession</a> (1660).<sup id="cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrossThompson2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mormonism">Mormonism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mormonism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (Mormons) uses the term "ordinance", however the underlying belief is sacramental.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/true-to-the-faith/ordinances%3Flang%3Deng&ved=2ahUKEwiMwa_W3en5AhVhKkQIHaE7CMIQFnoECAYQAQ&authuser=1&usg=AOvVaw0jrQNGxPOKuelSaKnmGERt">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Ordinances">[2]</a> Rituals such as baptism, confirmation, initiatory (Chrismation)<a href="/wiki/Washing_and_anointing" title="Washing and anointing">[see: washing and anointing]</a>, ordination, endowment (formal vows and reception of sacred vestments)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Endowment">[3]</a> and marriage are referred to as "saving ordinances"<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/youth/topic/covenants-and-ordinances%3Flang%3Deng&ved=2ahUKEwiMwa_W3en5AhVhKkQIHaE7CMIQFnoECAgQBQ&authuser=1&usg=AOvVaw0aeT0WAAiQekdxhmQeZ8Cb">[4]</a>, as they are considered transformative and necessary for salvation and exaltation. Similar to Catholic sacraments, Mormon ordinances are only considered valid if performed by ordained clergy with apostolic succession reaching back to Jesus through Peter.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Ordinances">[5]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Ordination_to_the_Priesthood">[6]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Peter">[7]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/roman-catholicism?lang=eng">[8]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pentecostalism">Pentecostalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pentecostalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Calvary_Holiness_Association" title="Calvary Holiness Association">Calvary Holiness Association</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Holiness_Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Holiness Pentecostal">Holiness Pentecostal</a> denomination, affirms the ordinances of <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Supper" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord's Supper">Lord's Supper</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Footwashing" class="mw-redirect" title="Footwashing">washing of the Saint's feet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Certain Pentecostal denominations, such as the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church and the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Congregation_(Pentecostal)" title="Christian Congregation (Pentecostal)">Christian Congregation</a>, among others, observe the ordinance of <a href="/wiki/Christian_head_covering" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian head covering">women's headcovering</a> in obedience to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Corinthians%2011:4–13&version=nrsv">1 Corinthians 11:4–13</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brereton2002_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brereton2002-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">Born again</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worship_service_(evangelicalism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Worship service (evangelicalism)">Worship service (evangelicalism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infused_righteousness" title="Infused righteousness">Infused righteousness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sola_gratia" title="Sola gratia">Sola gratia</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordinance_(Christianity)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKrahnRempel1989" class="citation book cs1">Krahn, Cornelius; Rempel, John D. (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ordinances"><i>Ordinances</i></a>. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia. <q>The term "ordinance" emphasizes the aspect of institution by Christ and the symbolic meaning.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ordinances&rft.pub=Global+Anabaptist+Mennonite+Encyclopedia&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Krahn&rft.aufirst=Cornelius&rft.au=Rempel%2C+John+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgameo.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DOrdinances&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdinance+%28Christianity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EngleArmstrong2009-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EngleArmstrong2009_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEngleArmstrong2009" class="citation book cs1">Engle, Paul E.; Armstrong, John H. (30 August 2009). <i>Understanding Four Views on Baptism</i>. Zondervan. p. 60. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780310866985" title="Special:BookSources/9780310866985"><bdi>9780310866985</bdi></a>. <q>John Calvin and most other Protestant leaders rejected the Roman Catholic sacramental system but retained its vocabulary, applying the term "sacrament" only to ordinances instituted by God himself (cf. Westminster Confession of Faith 27; Belgic Confession 33). ... Unlike Baptists and Anabaptists, who tend to speak of baptism only as an "ordinance," Calvinists have characteristically spoken of baptism not only as an ordinance but also as a sacrament or a mystery, a rite through which God applies grace.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+Four+Views+on+Baptism&rft.pages=60&rft.pub=Zondervan&rft.date=2009-08-30&rft.isbn=9780310866985&rft.aulast=Engle&rft.aufirst=Paul+E.&rft.au=Armstrong%2C+John+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdinance+%28Christianity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowe1991" class="citation book cs1">Howe, Claude (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/hbd/view.cgi?n=4729"><i>Holman Bible Dictionary</i></a>. Broadman & Holman. <q>Christians agree universally that baptism and the Lord's Supper were instituted by Christ and should be observed as "ordinances" or "sacraments" by His followers.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Holman+Bible+Dictionary&rft.pub=Broadman+%26+Holman&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Howe&rft.aufirst=Claude&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.studylight.org%2Fdictionaries%2Fhbd%2Fview.cgi%3Fn%3D4729&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdinance+%28Christianity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOlson2004" class="citation book cs1">Olson, Roger (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MBtFlW8vxuwC&q=%22A+few+evangelicals+observe+washing+of+feet+as+an+ordinance%22&pg=PA259"><i>The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 259. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0664224644" title="Special:BookSources/0664224644"><bdi>0664224644</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Westminster+Handbook+to+Evangelical+Theology&rft.pages=259&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0664224644&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=Roger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMBtFlW8vxuwC%26q%3D%2522A%2Bfew%2Bevangelicals%2Bobserve%2Bwashing%2Bof%2Bfeet%2Bas%2Ban%2Bordinance%2522%26pg%3DPA259&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdinance+%28Christianity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> William H. Brackney, <i>Historical Dictionary of the Baptists</i>, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 219</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Chris Green, <i>Pentecostal Ecclesiology: A Reader</i>, BRILL, Leiden, 2016, p. 176</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hartzler2013-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hartzler2013_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hartzler2013_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHartzler2013" class="citation book cs1">Hartzler, Rachel Nafziger (30 April 2013). <i>No Strings Attached: Boundary Lines in Pleasant Places: A History of Warren Street / Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church</i>. Wipf and Stock Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62189-635-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62189-635-7"><bdi>978-1-62189-635-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=No+Strings+Attached%3A+Boundary+Lines+in+Pleasant+Places%3A+A+History+of+Warren+Street+%2F+Pleasant+Oaks+Mennonite+Church&rft.pub=Wipf+and+Stock+Publishers&rft.date=2013-04-30&rft.isbn=978-1-62189-635-7&rft.aulast=Hartzler&rft.aufirst=Rachel+Nafziger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdinance+%28Christianity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CrossThompson2020-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CrossThompson2020_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrossThompson2020" class="citation book cs1">Cross, Anthony R.; Thompson, Philip E. 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