▁con ferred ▁through ▁cler ical ▁tons ure , ▁provided ▁that ▁they ▁married ▁only ▁once ▁and ▁that ▁to ▁a ▁vir gin ; ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁a ▁cler ic ▁who ▁married ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁for fe ited ▁his ▁cler ical ▁status . ▁Today , ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁receives ▁what ▁were ▁previously ▁called ▁minor ▁orders ▁is ▁not ▁yet ▁a ▁cler ic , ▁since ▁today ▁one ▁becomes ▁a ▁cler ic ▁only ▁upon ▁ord ination ▁to ▁the ▁dia con ate , ▁a ▁rule ▁that ▁applies ▁even ▁to ▁members ▁of ▁instit utes ▁author ized ▁to ▁observe ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁R ite , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Pri est ly ▁F rat ern ity ▁of ▁St . ▁Peter ▁and ▁others ▁under ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁Pont ific al ▁Commission ▁E cc lesia ▁De i , ▁ ▁regarding , ▁ ▁however , ▁ ▁only ▁the ▁inc ard ination ▁of ▁members ▁within ▁the ▁inst itute ▁or ▁society . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁August e ▁B oud in hon ▁said ▁that , ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁minor ▁orders ▁did ▁not ▁origin ate ▁with ▁Jesus ▁or ▁the ▁apost les , ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁minor ▁orders ▁and ▁the ▁sub dia con ate ▁were ▁sacr amental , ▁a ▁view ▁held ▁by ▁several ▁medieval ▁the olog ians , ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁held . ▁The ▁slightly ▁earlier ▁G . ▁van ▁No ort ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁their ▁sacr ament ality , ▁which ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁most ▁sch ol