When an apostle was about to be chosen as successor to Judas, the people were invited to take part in the election;and when deacons were about to be appointed the Apostles asked the people to make the choice.
After prayer the company constituted themselves into a church: chose Jean le Macon to be their minister, and others of their number to be elders and deacons.
The upshot of a long conflict was that the papal claim to entertain appeals from Africa by priests and deacons was rejected by the African bishops, who in their final synodical epistle also repudiate in terms any right of appeal by African bishops to parts beyond the seas (see Hefele, Councils,
Deacons may conduct any of the ordinary services in the church, but are not permitted to pronounce the absolution or consecrate the elements for the Eucharist.
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