Reformation
Saturday, October 28, 2023
5:03 PM
Both Luther and Calvin objected to too high an elevation of the ordained and  of the "pretense" of Apostolic succession.  
"Therefore, if any would be deemed true ministers of the Church, he must first be duly called; and secondly, he must answer to his calling; that is, undertake and execute the office assigned to him…. I am speaking of the external and formal call which relates to the public order of the Church, while I say nothing of that secret call of which every minister is conscious before God, but has not the Church as a witness of it; I mean the good testimony of our heart, that we undertake the offered office neither from ambition nor avarice, nor any other selfish feeling, but a sincere fear of God and desire to edify the Church. (John Calvin, Institutes, IV, iii, 10,11 quoted in Paulus, P. Steven. Getting Ordination Right: Essential Elements of Ordination in the Bible and History,  WestBow Press. Kindle Edition (p. 23).  
Reformation principles insists upon congregational call--consent of the church.  