bishops by other bishops. This ordination is effected by the invocation of the Holy Ghost, and the laying on of hands, at the time of assembly of the Church; which confirms the election by the exclamation, “He is worthy.” This ordination, effected by the imposition of hands, has its origin from the Apostles themselves, from whom it has been handed down from one to another, and come to us. Thus it is written in the Acts of the Apostles (14:23), “And when they had ordained to them elders in every church,