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Post by anne on Nov 29, 2009 8:34:48 GMT -5
Can anyone explain the Priesthood please?
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Post by gkchesterton on Nov 29, 2009 14:01:04 GMT -5
Can anyone explain the Priesthood please? A priest is one who ministers before God. All of the People of God are priests in the formal sense. The Catholic Church affirms the "Priesthood of all Believers" even if she doesn't understand the doctrine in the same way that protestants do. To that end the churches of the east voice the "amen" of the laity and find it very important. The West has parallel concepts but they have had a rough time in the last five hundred years or so. For the Eastern perspective (with an unneeded anti-West tilt) here: www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/pastoral/schmemann_clergy_laity.htm
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