Re: Uniates and sacraments (was: Brithenig/Aelyan North America)

Raymond Brown wrote:
> Depends what one means by 'priest'; the word translates both the Latin
> 'presbyter' (from which it is derived) and 'sacerdos'.  Some Protestant
> clergy would be deeply offended at being called priests.
I've always been told that we don't use "priest" because we (I'm
Lutheran) believe in the "Priesthood of All Believers", or as one pastor
put it, "We're all priests, some of us are just pastors".

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