catholicism - Does the Catholic word Priest actually mean Presbyter . . . It is both a conflation of words and of roles This word [translated as PRIEST] (etymologically "elder", from presbyteros, presbyter) has taken the meaning of "sacerdos", from which no substantive has been formed in various modern languages (English, French, German) The priest is the minister of Divine worship, and especially of the highest act of worship, sacrifice New Advent So admitadly
Who first used the term alter Christus to describe a priest? This, incidentally, gives us the only correct understanding of the phrase sacerdos alter Christus, first used by Cyprian, and later taken up by Augustine The reference is to Cyprian's Epistle 59 and Augustine's De Civitate Dei XX 9
How did the early church understand the priesthood? In the revealed religion, as in nearly all heathen religions, only a qualified person (usually called priest, sacerdos, lereus), who has been given the power by commission or vocation, may offer up sacrifice in the name of the community NewAdvent OP: How did the early church understand the priesthood?
Does Presbuteros mean priest? - Christianity Stack Exchange Priest This word (etymologically "elder", from presbyteros, presbyter) has taken the meaning of "sacerdos", from which no substantive has been formed in various modern languages (English, French, German) The priest is the minister of Divine worship, and especially of the highest act of worship, sacrifice
Does Catholicism confound the role of elder and priest? The bishop is truly a priest (sacerdos), and even a high-priest; he has chief control of the Divine worship (sacrorum antistes), is the president of liturgical meetings; he has the fullness of the priesthood, and administers all the sacraments
soteriology - Which Christian Churches or Denominations subscribe to . . . Which Christian Churches or Denominations subscribe to sacerdotalism as essential? The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches (both Eastern and Oriental), the Anglican Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, all profess that priests are essential mediators between God and man Priests are essential in the sense that they help the faithful get closer to God through the sacraments Also
In what ways is the term priesthood used in Catholic tradition? The Christian priesthood In the New Testament bishops and priests are, according to Catholic teaching, the sole bearers of the priesthood, the former enjoying the fullness of the priesthood (summus sacerdos s primi ordinis), while the presbyters are simple priests (simplex sacerdos s secundi ordinis)
catholicism - What is the basis of St. Pius X in 1906 that led to the . . . Just to make sure, in 1916 the Holy Office prohibited pictures of Mary shown in Mass vestments Denominations which have ordained women to their priesthood might have less qualms about this expression Virgo Sacerdos - What is the basis of St Pius X in 1906 that led to the approval of the prayer devotion; “Mary Virgin Priest, pray for us”?
catholicism - Is there a canon law for what to do if a hostage . . . Si sacerdos ante Consecrationem graviter infirmetur, vel in syncopen incident aut moriatur, praetermittitur Missa Si post Consecrationem Corporis tantum, ante Consecrationem Sanguinis, vel utroque consecrato id accidit, Missa per alium sacerdotem expleatur ab eo loco ubi ille desiit, et in casu necessitatis etiam per non ieiunum
Are Catholics permitted to honour Mary as a priest? In the French School, Mary was invoked and contemplated as the model of the priest, and honored as "Virgo Sacerdos, the Virgin Priest "10 In the nineteenth century, the Marian writings of the early decades are vacuous and sentimental By the middle of the century, a rebirth is detected