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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...

uncritical examination of Paul’s attitude toward law.3 But if one reads the warm and vibrant presentation in Deuteronomy where law is the heart of a persuasive religious exhortation, one sees how noble was the priestly teaching of law. The priests were inculcating a way of life—not an external, impersonal norm but an interiorized principle of spirituality. “This command which I enjoin on you today is neither too hard nor too remote for you. It is not way up in heaven … nor is it across the sea …
Pages 11–12
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