54 The Faith of Our Fathers 4. "Let women," says the Apostle, "keep silence in the churches. For, it is not permitted them to speak ... It is a shame for a woman to speak in the church."87 The Catholic Church never permits women to preach in the house of God. Women, especially in this country, publicly preach in Methodist and other churches with the sanction of the church elders. 5. St. Peter and St. John confirmed the newly baptized in Samaria: "They laid hands on them and they received the Holy Ghost."88 Every Catholic Bishop, as a successor of the Apostles, likewise imposes hands on baptized persons in the Sacrament of Confirmation, by which they receive the Holy Ghost. No denomination performs the ceremony of imposing hands in this country except Episcopalians, and even they do not recognize Confirmation as a Sacrament. I. Cor. xiv. 34, 35. Acts viii. 17.