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A '''Priest''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] or [[Eastern Orthodox]] clergyman ranking above [[deacon]] but below [[bishop]]. The [[Anglican Church]] also uses the term which they kept even after breaking away as a new church under [[Henry VIII]].<ref>[http://anglicanprovince.org/pressrel702.html Anglican Belief and Practice]</ref>
It corresponds to a ''presbyter'' in the early church. ''Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. (1 Timothy 4:14)''
Priests preside at [[Mass]] and at the [[Sacrament]]s of [[Baptism]], [[Matrimony]], [[Reconciliation]], and Healing. From the early 4th Century A.D. a discipline of [[celibacy]] has been in place for Roman Catholic priests. In recent times the Church is finding it difficult to replace aging priests.
== References ==
*[http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2002/0211fea2.asp Understanding the priest scandal]
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