On which Compare Hooker, Polity , book viii. cap. 1 Oxford ed. Ep. xliv, A.D 251. 3 Ordination to the episcopate was the term used.
Consecration is the inferior term now usual in Western Christendom.
The co-presbyter here spoken of is Novatian. There is a variety of readings. 1 Oxford ed. 1 Oxford ed. 1 Oxford ed.