# Act of Uniformity 1662, Section X: Persons administering the Sacrament before they are ordained Priests;


No person whatsoever shall thenceforth be capable to bee admitted to any Parsonage Vicarage Benefice or other Ecclesiastical Promotion or Dignity whatsoever . . . before such time as he shall be ordained Preist according to the forme and manner in and by the said Booke prescribed unlesse he have formerly beene made Preist by Episcopall Ordination . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/14/4/section/X (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-uniformity-1662/section-X
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