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To: dartuser

Have at it and show that the Catholic concept of a hierarchy is inconsistent with what is written in the New Testament. Hierarchy, of course, means a holy order of thing. We have a Supreme leader, Jesus, who gathers around him disciples, and among them has favorites whom he empowers. We have not only the symbolic Twelve, but an inner circle within the Twelves and including others, perhaps, with one, Peter, the most prominent. We have the Seventy who are sent out as missionaries, likewise empowered. I see a model for the Church. And the priesthood, as finally constituted, is unlike the Jewish priesthood, not a caste, owing nothing to bloodline and everything to divine authority passed on by the other leaders. And the crux of the matter is not what you say but the mass, whether one accepts or rejects it. What sort of authority did Jesus confer on those gathered at the Last Supper? More broadly, what authority was he conferring on the Church? What was the content of the Gospel he wanted them to preach? And who is to say?


114 posted on 05/25/2014 8:01:21 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: RobbyS
I'll give you one more try ... as I tire of your obfuscation ...

Show me where 'priest' is mentioned in the qualifications for church leadership ...

I'll save you the bytes ...

There are none ...

115 posted on 05/26/2014 11:52:01 AM PDT by dartuser
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