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Priesthood of all believers (view source)
Revision as of 23:49, December 3, 2008
, 23:49, December 3, 2008++material (these quotes need to be explained...hope to do that later)
The '''Priesthood of all believers''' is one of the pillars of [[Protestant]] Christianity, which distinguishes it from [[Russian Orthodox]], [[Roman Catholicism]], and [[Anglicanism]]. In each of these other branches of Christianity, the church body has ordained priests who are doctrinally authorized to perform functions that normally are forbidden to laymen. Where or when a priest cannot be summoned, some exceptions are allowed under extreme circumstances such as the performance of a baptism for someone close to death.
The '''Priesthood of all believers''' is one of the pillars of [[Protestant]] Christianity, which distinguishes it from [[Russian Orthodox]], [[Roman Catholicism]], and [[Anglicanism]]. In each of these other branches of Christianity, the church body has ordained priests who are doctrinally authorized to perform functions that normally are forbidden to laymen. Where or when a priest cannot be summoned, some exceptions are allowed under extreme circumstances such as the performance of a baptism for someone close to death. [[Martin Luther]] in his ''Address to a German Nobility'' first describes aspects of the '''Priesthood of all believers'''<ref>''Here I Stand - A Life of Martin Luther'', Roland Bainton, 1950, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, pages 152-153</ref> :
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We are all alike Christian and have baptism, faith, the Spirit, and all things alike. If a priest is killed, a land is laid under an interdict. Why not in the case of a peasant? Whence comes this great distinction between those who are called Christians?
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Balaam's ass was wiser than the prophet himself. If God then spoke by an ass against a prophet, why should he not be able even now to speak by a righteous man against the pope?
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The "protestant work ethic" is one form of the '''Priesthood of all believers.''' In the wake of decades of ecumenical efforts by the Roman Catholic church and various protestant churches, some forms of this doctrine have begun to gain recognition within Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches--an example is Vatican II's ''Decree on the apostolate of the laity''.
The "protestant work ethic" is one form of the '''Priesthood of all believers.''' In the wake of decades of ecumenical efforts by the Roman Catholic church and various protestant churches, some forms of this doctrine have begun to gain recognition within Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches--an example is Vatican II's ''Decree on the apostolate of the laity''.
[[Category:Protestantism]]
[[Category:Protestantism]]