Of those who Confer this Sacrament (Two Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider those who confer this sacrament. Under this head there are two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether a bishop alone can confer this sacrament?

(2) Whether a heretic or any other person cut off from the Church can confer this sacrament?

whether the character is imprinted
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