| The relatively recent controversial permissions to remarry the divorced and make women presbyters arguably had biblical warrant, though minorities disputed this. |
| We set apart a Bishop to his work by a joint laying on of hands of a Bishop and the presbyters. |
| The deacon is defined in relation to bishops and presbyters, helping as a minister of word, liturgy, and charity. |
| As in the West, baptism was delegated to presbyters, but so, too, was the chrismation rite. |
| In the Lutheran churches with which Anglicans are now in full communion, confirmation-laying on of hands-has historically been administered by presbyters. |
| Ordinary presbyters are in turn overseen by a superintendent, who is the most senior minister in a circuit. |
