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	Encyclopedia: Priesthood of all believers
		(Galatians 3:28) The doctrine of the priesthood of all believers is one of the sources of the powerful Western social and political ideal of human equality.
		priesthood of all believers underscores for Baptists the conviction that ministry is at the center of Christian discipleship.
		The priesthood of all believers is a core principle of Baptist doctrine.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Priesthood-of-all-believers (1658 words)

	The Priesthood of All Believers and the Quest for Theological Integrity
		The priesthood of all believers was a cardinal principle of the Reformation of the 16th century.
		John Calvin interpreted the priesthood of all believers in terms of the church's threefold participation in Christ's prophetic, kingly and priestly ministry.
		The priesthood of believers is not a prerogative on which we can rest; it is a commission which sends us forth into the world to exercise a priestly ministry not for ourselves, but for others--"the outsiders," not instead of Christ, but for the sake of Christ and at His behest.
	www.founders.org /FJ03/article1_fr.html (3450 words)

	Priesthood of All Believers
		The doctrine of the priesthood of all believers opposes the unbiblical doctrine of sacerdotalism and the existence of a Brahman-like priestly class within the church.
		Thus, the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers is a sequel to the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone.
		The priesthood of all believers should be exercised in relationship within a church, for the benefit of its members, and through that church for the benefit of the world outside.
	www.gracevalley.org /articles/Priesthood.html (3251 words)

	Priesthood of All Belivers
		The concept of the priesthood of all believers is a foundational principle of Baptist faith and practice.
		The priesthood of all believers was a hall- mark of the Protestant Reformation which swept across Europe during the sixteenth century.
		The Baptist theology of the laity is firmly grounded in the priesthood of all believers.
	www.mercer.edu /baptiststudies/CTest/HC/priest.htm (2230 words)

	A Study on the Priesthood of Believers
		If the term, “royal priesthood” is projected into the future then we must also include with it the terms “a chosen generation”, “a holy nation”, etc. The result is a community of believers with no genuine sense of identity.
		Whether we believe it or not, there is one community of believers and its identity is secure by the grace of God.
		This priesthood may have some things in common with the role and purpose of the Levitical priesthood of the Bible but it is also considerably different.
	churches.net /education/aob4jesus/priesthood.htm (1516 words)

	"The Priesthood of All Believers" June 21
		You hear the phrase "priesthood of all believers" from time to time and, very often, it is used with the understanding that this "priesthood" is a new development in the NT epoch.
		Whatever the priesthood of all believers means, it does not conflict with, it is not inconsistent with the existence of an office in the church that has special and specific priestly functions.
		At worst, we think of the priesthood of all believers in terms of each of us being able to decide for himself what he thinks the Bible teaches and what duties it does or does not impose upon him or her.
	www.faithtacoma.org /sermons/Peter/1peter9.htm (2730 words)

	Gospel Link
		Priesthood is the channel for obtaining revelation, the channel through which God reveals himself and his glory, his intents and his purposes, to mankind: The priesthood holds "the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God" (D&C 84:19–20; cf.
		The patriarchal order of the priesthood is the right of worthy priesthood-holding fathers to preside over their descendants through all ages; it includes the ordinances and blessings of the fulness of the priesthood shared by husbands and wives who are sealed in the temple (see Sealing: Temple Sealings).
		Ordination to each different priesthood office is by the authority and under the direction of the presiding priesthood officer in the ward, branch, stake, or mission of the Church where the person resides, by the laying on of hands by one holding appropriate priesthood office and designated to so act.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /emmain.asp?number=150 (2370 words)

	BHHS -- Priesthood of All Believers
		Cyril Eastwood in The Priesthood of All Believers says that priesthood of all believers is "a spiritual privilege, a moral obligation, and a personal vocation."1 The privilege is access to God.
		Mullins insisted that the autonomy of the believer is an intrinsic part of grace.
		How tragic it would be if believers huddled within the church walls all the time, using the church as their cocoon sheltering them from the needs of their community.
	www.baptisthistory.org /priesthood.htm (2984 words)

	The Priesthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Priesthood is power, the power of God, a vital source of eternal strength and energy delegated to men to act in all things for the well-being of mankind, both in the world and out of it (DS 3:80; Romney, p.
		Priesthood is authority, the exclusive right to act in the name of God as his authorized agents and to perform ordinances for the purpose of opening certain spiritual blessings to all individuals.
		Priesthood is the channel for obtaining revelation, the channel through which God reveals himself and his glory, his intents and his purposes, to mankind: The priesthood holds "the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God" (DandC 84:19-20; cf.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/organization/priesthood/Priesthood_EOM.htm (2290 words)

	Is the priesthood of all believers Biblical?
		The second aspect of the believer's priesthood is that we are chosen for a purpose: to offer up spiritual sacrifices (see Hebrews 13:15-16 for example) and to proclaim the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
		And as the Old Testament priesthood was to be free of defilement, as symbolized by being ceremonially clean, so as Christ has made us holy positionally before the Father, He calls on us to live holy lives that we might also be a "holy priesthood" (1 Peter 2:5).
		In summary, believers are called "Kings and Priests" or a "royal priesthood" as a reflection of their privileged status as heirs to the kingdom and servants of the Almighty God and of the Lamb.
	www.gotquestions.org /priesthood-believers.html (645 words)

	The Priesthood of All Believers, Part 7A
		Every believer is a priest and king irrespective of external factors such as color, gender, race or position in life.
		Christ's priesthood was necessary because the sins of God's chosen people needed to be atoned for before they could come before a holy God as priests.
		As believers in Christ we have come to him and are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, a royal priesthood.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /~gvcc/sermon_trans/Priesthood_of_Believers_7a.html (3065 words)

	James Luther Adams and the Priesthood of all Believers
		Attaining the priesthood of all believers by laicizing all members of a religious persuasion is to abolish all that is special to the priesthood, including the superior title.
		Another way of demonstrating the inappropriateness of using "radical laicism" as a synonym for "the priesthood of all believers" is to replace the lay::priest dichotomy with another to test whether adding "radical" in front of an inferior class title is able to lift it to equality of a higher class.
		Re-defining "the priesthood of all believers" as "radical laicism" is also the worst of all possible translations when comparing it with the teachings of the most radical christian reformer yet produced, George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers.
	www.darkfiber.com /ulc-tn/JLApoab.html (763 words)

	Trading Places: The Priesthood of All Believers
		Since we are to serve God daily as priests, the priesthood of all believers should not be relegated to the status of a timeworn theological slogan.
		Properly understood, the priesthood of all believers teaches us that all believers are priests, no matter what their vocation -- their calling -- in life might be.
		God has called all believers, without exception, to be His royal priests -- from the dockworker to the doctor, from the messenger to the manger, from the educator to the executive.
	www.reformed.org /webfiles/antithesis/v1n3/ant_v1n3_record.html (1725 words)

	CCLEC Publications -- Episcopal Tracts For Our Times: No. 23 -- The Priesthood of All Believers
		The advocates of the Lay Presidency have used as their argument for this apostasy that the Priesthood of All Believers means that lay persons, being priests, can celebrate all of the sacraments.
		The priesthood of all believers does not convey the authority of the Apostolic ministry.
		However, the priesthood of all believers does not comprise the work of the ordained ministry which is consecrated by the sacrament of Holy Orders.
	www.episcopalian.org /CCLEC/tract-23.htm (932 words)

	The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - The Priesthood of Believers and the Divine Service
		Recent discussion of this biblical teaching has spoken of the priesthood of all believers in terms of church activity, evangelism, and lay participation in public worship, e.g., reading the lessons and assisting at the distribution of Holy Communion.
		In contrast to that sort of gnostic religion where each individual seeks his or her own spirituality, the members of the priesthood are always formed and shaped as citizens of the "holy nation," the people whom God has purchased as his own inheritance.
		To say it in traditional terms, the holiness of the believer is not his sanctification, but the imputed righteousness of Christ, on account of which all sins are forgiven to those who believe.
	www.lcms.org /pages/internal.asp?NavID=841 (2408 words)

	SHE PRACTICES THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From this departure came the teaching of Protestant bodies about "ordained preachers" who alone can serve the "sacraments" of the church to the laity, and the belief that the front of the church building where the communion table is kept becomes the "altar" where the ordained preacher or priest alone can serve communion.
		Even Jesus' high priesthood is not discussed in the New Testament until you come to the book of Hebrews and there the writer exalts him as our one and only and ever- lasting high priest in heaven serving us who are on earth.
		In verse 5 Peter calls us "a holy priesthood" and also a "spiritual house," suggesting that Christians today are separated (holy) from the world and thus con- stitute not only a true temple but are the priests in that very temple of God.
	www.scripturessay.com /ch39.html (982 words)

	The Priesthood of All Believers
		One of the doctrines confessed by Southern Baptists is that of the Priesthood of all believers.
		A believer is a priest as he appeals to God in intercession for others.
		The Bible speaks of the priesthood of All Believers, NOT, “The Priesthood of THE Believer.” It does not mean, “I am my own priest.” It does not mean that a church is not free to define the boundaries of its fellowship.
	www.baptiststart.com /print/priesthood_believers.html (1187 words)

	Priesthood according to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, the priesthood of all believers is exercised within a committed community of fellow believers - priests who share a like precious faith.
		The priesthood of all believers should not be reduced to modern individualism, not used as a cover for theological relativism.
		Whereas, the doctrine of the priesthood of the believer can been used to justify the undermining of pastoral authority in the local church.
	www.bibleman.net /priesthood.htm (1866 words)

	A Sense of Call: The Priesthood of All Believers
		We are not the only faith to believe in the individual's right to read and interpret scripture; belief in personal authority to relate directly to the sacred texts reaches back to the 15th century.
		Any believer had the right to "All the benefits of Christ and the Church" Which I interpret to mean, in the context of Luther's writings, that none of the priestly rights or responsibilities were the privilege of the priestly class alone.
		The Priesthood of All Believers is an integral part of our self-understanding as a denomination, but if we don't embody that priesthood in our lives we miss something of who we are.
	www.uucpa.org /sermons/sermon010121.html (2188 words)

	Matthew 18 and the Priesthood of all Believers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Matthew 18 and the Priesthood of all Believers
		This article looks at how the priesthood of all believers is called to carry out this mission, not the clergy or professional priests.
		Lutheranism - Matthew 18 and the Priesthood of all Believers - !http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/lutheranism/97912
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/97912 (687 words)

	Footnotes
		The 1988 SBC resolution on "Priesthood of the Believer" has provoked a firestorm of controversy.
		Eastwood, The Priesthood of All Believers (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1960) 80.
		Baptists need to be on guard against a serious misunderstanding of the priesthood of all believers as this was understood by the Protestant Reformers.
	www.founders.org /FJ03/article1_fn.html (981 words)

	ChristiansOnline.CC - A Christian Forum - SBC & the "Priesthood of the Believer& (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		andnbsp;A priesthood of all believers logically would mean that both men and women held the priesthood equally, and that anyone who felt called of God should be able to preach.
		Re: SBC and the "Priesthood of the Believer
		Priesthood of all believers is from 1 Peter 2:4-10.
	www.christiansonline.cc /forum/showthread.php?t=129 (1276 words)

	The Priesthood of All Believers
		The priesthood of all true believers is clearly and emphatically taught in the New Testament (1 Pet.
		The priesthood is given to the "clergy" and taken from the members of the church who are called "laity." This form of government has no basis whatever in the New Testament.
		The modern set-up of the church, which in practice takes away the believer's priesthood, is not in line with Christ's purpose to bring each one to spiritual maturity.
	www.batteredsheep.com /priesthood.html (2154 words)

	The Priesthood of All Believers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The council of Trent established that the priest is the minister of God, and that he who hears him hears God he can forgive sins as God and that he has the power and authority of God.
		Romanism establishes the priest between the knowledge of God and the Christian believer, as it is revealed in Holy Scripture, making him the only interpreter of truth.
		This is the belief of Protestantism in regard of the doctrine of the priesthood.
	www.gole.org.uk /believersmainframe.htm (331 words)

	Priesthood of Believers -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		This is not to blur the distinction between the ministerial priesthood and the priesthood of all believers.
		The concept of priesthood implies the notion of sacrifice.
		But praying for laborers for the harvest also means to pray that more and more of those priests consecrated through baptism and confirmation would answer the awesome call that they’ve received to transform themselves and all creation through the sacrificial love of Christ poured into their hearts through the Holy Spirit.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_article/625/Priesthood_of_Believers.html (932 words)

	The Aaronic Priesthood and the Priesthood of All Believers
		Mormons believe that the Aaronic priesthood was lost or corrupted after the death of the apostles and that Joseph Smith eventually restored it.
		The "Priesthood of All Believers" is a core doctrine of Protestantism.
		But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
	www.whichprophets.com /aaronic.htm (1733 words)

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