(Heb 6:1) “Therefore leaving the principles….(2) Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.” The laying on of hands is the signifying the recognition of a person’s calling by God: (1Ti_4:14) “Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery (pastor/elders -one and the same).”