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To: Salvation; Petronius

“Priests” Are Not In the New Testament Church

Gary Wills writes:

“Some think that the dwindling number of priests can be remedied by the addition of women priests, or married priests, or openly gay priests. In fact, the real solution is: no priests. It should not be difficult to imagine a Christianity without priests. Read carefully through the entire New Testament and you will not find an individual human priest mentioned in the Christian communities (only Jewish priests in service to the Temple). Only one book of the New Testament, the Letter to Hebrews, mentions an individual priest, and he is unique—Jesus. He has no followers in that office, according to the Letter.”
http://www.johnpiippo.com/2013/03/priests-are-not-in-new-testament-church.html


20 posted on 12/17/2014 6:23:00 PM PST by WVKayaker (Impeachment is the Constitution's answer for a derelict, incompetent president! -Sarah Palin 7/26/14)
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To: WVKayaker
In fact, the real solution is: no priests. It should not be difficult to imagine a Christianity without priests.

Since priest = presbuteros there are indeed priests in the New Testament church.

21 posted on 12/17/2014 6:26:23 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: WVKayaker

Pinging myself to it.


130 posted on 12/19/2014 9:42:20 PM PST by Mark17 (So gracious and tender was He. I claimed Him that day as my savior, this stranger of Galilee)
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