<sod>Many years later, [[Edward Stillingfleet]]'s ''Irenicon'' led him to decide that [[holy orders]] could be valid when conferred by a [[presbyter]] rather than a bishop. Nevertheless, some believe that Wesley was secretly consecrated a bishop in 1763 by [[Erasmus of Arcadia]],<!--<eod>
<sod>Many years later, [[Edward Stillingfleet]]'s ''Irenicon'' led him to decide that [[ordination]] (and [[holy orders]]) could be valid when performed by a [[presbyter]] rather than a bishop. Nevertheless, some believe that Wesley was secretly consecrated a bishop in 1763 by [[Erasmus of Arcadia]],<!--<eod>