(1) He is _nominated_ by the Crown. This is in accordance with the immemorial custom of this realm. In these days, the Prime Minister (representing the people) proposes the name of a Priest to the King, who accepts or rejects the recommendation. If he accepts it, the King nominates the selected Priest to the Church for election, and authorizes the issue of legal documents for such election. This is called _Conge d'elire_, "leave to elect". (2) He is _elected_ by the Church. The King's {127} nominee now comes before the Dean and Chapter (representing the Church), and the Church either elects or rejects him. It has power to do either. If the nominee is elected, what is called his "Confirmation" follows--that is:-- (3) His election is _confirmed_ by the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to a right reserved to him by _Magna Charta_. Before confirming the election, the Archbishop, or his representative, sits in public, generally at Bow Church, Cheapside, to hear legal objections from qualified laity against the election. Objections were of late, it will be remembered, made, and overruled, in the cases of Dr. Temple and Dr. Gore. Then, if duly nominated, elected, and confirmed,-- (4) He is _consecrated_ by the Episcopate. To safeguard the Succession, three Bishops, at least, are required for the Consecration of another Bishop, though one would secure a valid Consecration. No Priest can be Consecrated Bishop under the age of thirty. Very carefully does the Church safeguard admission to the Episcopate. {128} _Homage._ After Consecration, the Bishop "does homage,"[4] i.e. he says that he, like any other subject (ecclesiastic or layman), is the King's "_homo_". What does he do homage for? He does homage, not for any spiritual gift, but for "all the possessions, and profette spirituall and temporall belongyng to the said ... Bishopricke".[5] The _temporal_ possessions include such things as his house, revenue, etc. But what is meant by doing homage for _spiritual_ possessions? Does not this admit the claim that the King can, as Queen Elizabeth is reported to have said, make or unmake a Bishop? No. Spiritual _possessions_ do not here mean spiritual _powers_,--powers which can be conferred by the Episcopate alone. {129} The "spiritual possessions" for which a Bishop "does homage" refer to fees connected with spiritual things, such as Episcopal Licences, Institutions to Benefices, Trials in the Ecclesiastical Court, Visitations--fees, by the way, which, with very rare exceptions, do not go into the Bishop's own pocket! _Jurisdiction._ What is meant by Episcopal Jurisdiction? Jurisdiction is of two kinds, _Habitual_ and _Actual_.