How to become a Priest - 2

Reorder the following from the highest to the lowest authority in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

• Holy Synod

• Patriarch

• Priest

• Bishop

• Deacon

_______ is responsible for the activities of deacons.

• Abuna Qasis

• Liqa kahnat

• Archpriest (Gabaz)

• Nibura-id

• Debtera

_______ is responsible for the disciplinary matters of the Priests.

• Abuna Qasis

• Liqa kahnat

• Archpriest (Gabaz)

• Nibura-id

• Debtera

Nibura-id is

• an administrator of a Parish Church​

• the head of St Mary in Aksum or the Church of Addis Alem Mariam

Priests in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church must have people's testimony to be ordained as a Priest.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Priests and deacons can ordain a layman or themselves as priests.​

• TRUE

• FALSE

A one-eyed or a lame person can never be ordained a priest.​

• TRUE

• FALSE

Priesthood is ______ more than_______

• authority, responsibility

• responsibility,

  authority

Which one should not be deposed from priesthood immediately?

• a priest who strikes one of the faithful when they commits a sin

• a priest who is baptized by the heretics or received their Eucharist

• a priest who despises his bishop and makes an altar for himself

• a priest who who has taken a wife for a second time or kept a concubine

• a priest who scoffs on one who has a physical defect saying, "Hey, you blind man!"

Which one of the following would you pick to be a Priest if there is no one else around is who is worthier than these?

• a neophyte

• a priest who does not know the lauds by heart

• a person who has taken a wife for a second time

• a person who does not fast without being impeded by physical illness

• a person who is married to a woman suspected of adultery