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This booklet presents Brown’s thoughts on the biblical basis of priesthood, as well as some reflections on the role of bishop. Not setting out to give a “complete, scientific treatment of the biblical background of priesthood,” he presents his intentions for compiling these reflections this way: “I have culled the Scriptures to offer material for thought at a crucial moment in the history of the...

emergence of a professional priesthood is also noteworthy. In Israelite theology the whole people was worthy of the title “kingdom of priests, holy nation” (Exod 19:6), but that did not in any way prevent or conflict with the development of a specialized priesthood. (We shall return to this important point when we discuss the NT priesthood.) This specialized priesthood in the OT was not a vocation or a charism in the modern sense of the terms. The prophet, the judge, and the king were the recipients
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