According to Exodus 19:5,6, God said to Israel ..."And ye shall be unto Me a KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, and AN HOLY NATION. These are the words which though shalt speak unto the children of Israel.". And...
"But YE SHALL BE NAMED THE PRIESTS OF THE LORD: MEN SHALL CALL YOU THE MINISTERS OF OUR GOD..."(Isa. 61:6). Why is this so important?
If you are truly spiritual Israel, then your ENTIRE congregation of believers would be PRIESTS. Not JUST A FEW, tending to the faithful. EVERYONE in the RCC would be a PRIEST.
So, why is it that all of you are not? You are completely out of the will of God and His Covenant with Israel, if you are not following His own promise.
oh please
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
The word used there is hierateuma which is never used for leadership of the assemblies of believers.
Hierateuma
the order or body of priests (see ἀδελφότης, αἰχμαλωσία, διασπορά, θεραπεία); so Christians are called, because they have access to God and offer not external but 'spiritual' (πνευματικά) sacrifices: 1 Peter 2:5; also βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, 1 Peter 2:9 (after Exodus 19:6, the Sept.), priests of kingly rank, i. e. exalted to a moral rank and freedom which exempts them from the control of everyone but God and Christ.[ http://biblesuite.com/thayers/2406.htm]
Once again the RCC has corrupted the meaning of scripture.