Some of the later liturgical customs are dated back to the beginnings of the third century in this passage. The requirement of the presence of the people during the ordination is not difficult to explain. The remarks about the celebration of the mass are unclear; we do not know what the glass patens and consecrated garlands ("coronas") are. There are some other textual variants: "… ministros subportantes dum episcopus missa celebraret...", "… excepto cuius episcopi interest tantum..." (the Felician abbreviation); "… ministros superportantes dum episcopus missa celebraret" (the Cononian abbreviation).
The expression "sive clericus, sive levita, sive sacerdos" is also unclear. "Levita" is obviously a deacon, but we do not know whether "sacerdos" is a bishop or a presbyter here.