Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings — CHAPTER 8 — SUBDEACONS, LECTORS, DOORKEEPERS, SINGERS, AND

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Lectors shall read clearly, understand what they read to the extent required by office, and avoid turning the reading into performance detached from instruction.

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Singers shall serve order in worship; doorkeepers shall preserve peace without humiliating the poor or favoring the wealthy.

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Subdeacons and assistants shall perform the tasks entrusted to them and not invent sacramental powers merely from proximity to the altar.

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Deaconesses may serve women in those ministries in which modesty and practical assistance require women to serve women, according to the received order.

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Appointment to these offices requires tested conduct. Removal requires cause rather than personal dislike.

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Distinction of office is distinction of function, not a declaration that one person possesses greater human worth.

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