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the common priesthood of all Christians (1 Peter 2:5–9) the ordained priesthood (Acts 14:23, Romans 15:16, 1 Timothy 5:17, Titus 1:5, James 5:14–15); and; the high priesthood of Jesus (Hebrews 3:1) [note 4] Christian priesthood is not a continuation of Jewish temple priests who sacrifice animals but, like Christ, a priesthood in the order ...
In the King James Version of the Bible, first published in 1611, Deuteronomy 14:2 includes the verse "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth"; [3] 1 Peter 2:9 reads "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an ...
"Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." (1 Peter 2:9) [10] "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (James 1:27) [11] [12]
Such participation by the Christian people as a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a redeemed people (1 Peter 2:9; cf. 2:4–5), is their right and duty by reason of their baptism. [ 2 ] Popes Pius X [ 3 ] and Pius XII [ 4 ] asked that the people be taught how to chant the responses at Mass and that they learn the prayers of the ...
The church's doctrine also sometimes refers to all baptised members as the "common priesthood", [1] [2] which can be confused with the ministerial priesthood of the consecrated clergy. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church–the largest Catholic particular church–and in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches.
The Orthodox Church's assertion that all Christians are "appointed" as ministers is based on Scripture (1 Peter 2:9 [25]) and the Church Fathers. The ministry of the laity complements the ministry of the priest in their daily lives in their families, their communities, their work: "in whatever circumstances they find themselves".
[citation needed] Separation from the rest of society is based on being a "chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people" (1 Peter 2:9), [12] not being "conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2), [13] avoiding the "love [of] the world or the things in the world" (1 John 2:15) [14] and the belief that "friendship with the world ...
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. (1 Peter 2.9, King James translation, quoted by Mahan at the beginning of Out if Darkness into Light.)