Representing Christ By Uche Anizor and Hank Voss

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A Vision for the

Priesthood of All Believers

REPRESENT ING

CHR I S T

UCHE ANIZOR amp HANK VOSS





REPRESENTING

CHR I S T

A Vision for the



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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments 983097

983089 Exalted Clergy or Egalitarian Priests 10486251048625

Potential Priesthood Problems 1048625983090

A Common Priesthood 1048625983092

A heological Vision for the Doctrine 9830901048625

A Brief Note on Authorship 983090983091

1048626 A Royal Priesthood Scripturersquos Story 983090983093

Royal Priesthood in the Garden Sanctuary

Adam the Priest-King 983090983094

he Founding of a Priestly People Exodus 983091983088

Royal Priesthood Rooted in Davidrsquos Son Psalm 10486251048625983088 983091983095

Restoration hrough the Priestly Servant Isaiah 983093983090ndash983094983094 983091983096

he Great High Priest Christrsquos Eschatological Priesthood 9830921048625

he Royal Priesthood of the Church 1048625 Peter 983090 983092983094

he Service of the Gospel Paulrsquos Letters 983092983096

Priesthood and New Covenant Worship Hebrews 9830931048625A Suffering and Victorious Priesthood Revelation 983093983091

Conclusion he Biblical Vision of a Royal Priesthood 983093983092

1048627 Priesthood Reformed Lutherrsquos Burden 983093983095

Setting the Stage he Medieval Priesthood 983093983097

Luther and the Sacrament of Ordination 983094983095

he Biblical Doctrine of the Priesthood of Believers 983095983090

Seven Ministries of the Priesthood 983095983093

Lutherrsquos Unique Contributions 9830961048625




1048628 Life in Communion Te rinity and the

Priesthood of All Believers 983096983093

Does the rinity Make Any Difference 983096983094

he Royal Priesthood Is Christocentric-rinitarian 983096983096

he Best of Songs he Royal Priesthood Responds

to the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit 983097983091

hree Inadequate Protestant Versions of the


Summary Mystery and Maturity 1048625983088983097

1048629 Worship Work and Witness Te Practices

of the Royal Priesthood 104862510486251048625

How Do Members of the Royal Priesthood

Respond to God 10486251048625983090

What Is a ldquoCentral Practicerdquo of the Royal Priesthood 10486251048625983097

he Seven Practices and Spiritual Sacrifices 1048625983090983088Seven Practices of the Royal Priesthood 1048625983090983090

Conclusion he Unity of Worship Work and Witness 1048625983092983092

1048630 Representing Christ 1048625983092983095

Mature in Christ the Great Priest-King 1048625983092983097

One Vision Four Perspectives 1048625983092983097

So What 1048625983093983092

Notes 1048625983093983095

Bibliography 1048625983096983095

Name and Subject Index 9830909830881048625

Scripture Index 983090983088983091




ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

W E WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS a special thanks to those who

helped this project along First we are grateful to Dan reier

who provided both of us with the opportunity to explore the

doctrine of the priesthood of all believers during our doctoral

studies We appreciate also our LA ldquoInklingsrdquo group that read

and commented on chapters of this book Your care and in-

sights have benefited this project We are grateful for David

Congdon and the IVP staff who saw this project from proposal

to completion Hank would like to thank Dr Don Davis and the

staff at Te Urban Ministry Institute for their encouragement

and their deep commitment to fleshing out the doctrine of thepriesthood of all believers Uche would like to thank Biola Uni-

versity for providing a research and development grant which

lightened his teaching load and freed him to work on this

project Tanks also to Chad Duarte for cheerfully compiling

the index Finally thank you to Johanna and Melissa who faith-

fully encouraged us (and continue to do so) along the wayPortions of chapters two and three contain revised material

from Uchersquos former work Kings and Priests Scripturersquos Teo-

logical Account of Its Readers (Pickwick ) Portions of




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chapters four and five contain revised material from Hankrsquos

work Te Priesthood of All Believers and the Missio Dei(Pickwick ) Tese portions are used by permission of

Wipf and Stock Publishers




983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS

For through him [Christ] we both haveaccess in one Spirit to the Father

E

D EVELOPING A FAITHFUL DOCTRINE of the church is a

practical and theological challenge facing the global evangelical

church in the twenty-first century Pastors and church leaders

are asking new questions about the church and often finding

the answers of previous generations unsatisfactory One Roman

Catholic author suggests that ldquoas far as the development of doc-

trine is concerned the twentieth century was the century of the

churchrdquo1 We believe something similar may be said at the end

of this centurymdashif the Lord tarriesmdashabout the Protestant and

indigenous churches exploding around the globe In the midst

of rapid change a return to the sources can provide much-needed guidance for a new generation of missional disciples

Some five hundred years ago similar winds of change were

blowing At that time the doctrine of the priesthood of all




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believers was retrieved by a man named Martin Luther Te

doctrine became a pillar for the Protestant church and con-tinues to possess powerful resources for the church today Yet

like any good thingmdashmoney sex or power for examplemdashthe

doctrine of the priesthood of all believers can be used for good

or ill What is a faithful and fruitful understanding of the doc-

trine of the priesthood of all believers

P P P

Ordained priests have recently received much negative attention

Headlines abound ldquoPriest Faces Years for Endangering Childrenrdquo

ldquoArchbishop Under Fire over Abuse Apologizes but Says He

Wonrsquot Resignrdquo ldquoUN Panel Says Vatican Is Lax over Abusive

Priestsrdquo and so on2 In much of Europe and North America or-

dained priesthood is associated in the popular imagination withscandal cover-ups and abuses of power Others find themselves

confused and ambivalent regarding clergy describing priests as at

once holy detached committed aloof devoted and out of touch

At one end of the spectrum there is the admirable Bishop

Myriel of Les Miserablesmdasha paragon of goodness and mercy Te

novel begins with a description of Myrielrsquos characteristic benevo-

lence When he arrives in Digne he is installed in the episcopal

palace ldquoa vast and handsome town house built in stonerdquo which

happens to be next to a hospital Tree days after his arrival the

bishop visits the hospital and upon seeing its small size and bad

conditions he resolves to house its twenty-six poor patients in his

palace and himself in the hospital3 It is this same priest who later

welcomes the vagrant Jean Valjean with open arms Who canforget the scene where after running off in the night with the

bishoprsquos silverware Valjean is apprehended by police and es-

corted back to Myriel When the police inform the priest that




Exalted Clergy or Egalitarian Priests

they found his silver in the thiefrsquos bag the priest responds by

turning to Valjean and saying ldquoAh there you are Am I glad tosee you But heavens I gave you the candlesticks too you know

they are made of silver like the rest and you can get two hundred

francs for them easily Why didnrsquot you take them with the

cutleryrdquo Upon giving the crook the candlesticks he releases him

and sends him on his way to go and become ldquoan honest manrdquo4

At the other end of the spectrum one might think (scornfully)

of Jane Austenrsquos fairly irreligious parson Rev Collins whose high

esteem of himself and his authority as clergy ldquomade him alto-

gether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness self-importance

and humilityrdquo5

Yet for many of the faithful the ordained priest stands at the

top of an ecclesiastical hierarchymdashone perhaps divinely insti-

tutedmdashas a go-between for God and his people When the or-dained priest comes to be seen as categorically different from

and highly elevated above the common believer it is no wonder

that falls from grace amount to catastrophes

What about the ldquopriesthood of all believersrdquo What comes to

mind when this notion is trumpeted If we entertain some of the

previously mentioned concepts of priesthood it is difficult to

imagine anything good coming from the idea One reaction

might be a sense of incongruence between what is being affirmed

(ldquoEveryonersquos a priest to Godrdquo) and our honest self-evaluation

(ldquoMe a priestrdquo) Te syllogism is simple () If priests are holy

(or anything else we typically ascribe to priests) and () we are

not then () we are not priests For those with such a mindset

the priesthood of all believers is not a doctrine so readily em-

braced Tatrsquos the first potential problem

Second the doctrine has often come to mean something akin

to the First Amendment right to ldquofreedom of speechrdquo or ldquoto




R C

petition the [church] Government for a redress of grievancesrdquo

Under the guise of freedom of conscience or religious liberty(two wonderful concepts mind you) the priesthood of be-

lievers has sometimes been used to sanction unfettered indi-

vidualism and schism in Christrsquos church If I do not approve of

anotherrsquos judgment I can simply secede and band together with

those who agree with me According to one story likely satirical

a Georgia church split forty-eight times in a hundred-year

period6 Denominations factions and sects often appear to be

the natural offspring of the priesthood of all believers

We are thus confronted with two potential priesthood

problems clerical priesthood and individualistic priesthood Te

former sometimes manifests itself in unhealthy hierarchy the

latter in unfettered democracymdashand neither is desirable What

then do we mean when we declare every Christian a priest Isthe priesthood of all believers a concept worth salvaging

A C P

Yes Te doctrine of the priesthood of all believers is essential for

the church today However as with many doctrines the devil is in

the details Much depends on how we understand and practice the

doctrine Ordained leadership need not carry with it the aura of

superiority and believersrsquo priesthood need not be individualistic

Both official leadership and the priesthood of all believers are nec-

essary for Christrsquos body to grow into maturity (see Eph -)

When we look at the New estament we discover that no

ordained Christian leader is explicitly called ldquopriestrdquo7 Tis term

is reserved for Christ and for all of Godrsquos people During the firsttwo centuries of the post-apostolic church priestly language and

imagery were similarly applied in this restricted manner8 Justin

Martyr (AD ndash) for example identifies Christians as a





priestly race because of their unique election unique worship

and unique mission (ie preaching for the conversion of hu-mankind)9 Being a priest is at the core of what it means to be a

Christian It is an identity not simply a set of lofty but optional

tasks one might perform should he or she choose Priesthood

connotes a dignity before God and a responsibility to creation

Tat such a motley crew as the church should be given such a

designation seems completely out of touch with reality Never-

theless it is true and therefore must be regularly restated

Early church theologians such as the author of the Didache

ertullian (d AD ) and Origen (d AD ) would sometimes

describe church leaders as priests but they never did so in a way

that denied the priesthood of all believers Origenrsquos sermons on

Leviticus for instance regularly appeal to the ldquoroyal priesthoodrdquo

described in Peter He speaks of believers as a ldquospiritualpriesthoodrdquo and applies priesthood to all believers at least a

dozen times10 Origenrsquos example illustrates that for the most part

the title ldquopriestrdquo applied to all believers during the early centuries

of the church11 Tis emphasis on the priesthood of all believers

never completely faded from the churchrsquos consciousness but it

did undergo a declinemdashwhat we might call ldquothe dark agesrdquo of the

doctrine (the medieval period)mdashuntil its rehabilitation by Luther

and others (described in some detail in chapter three) oday the

doctrine goes by different names within different traditions ldquothe

priesthood of the baptizedrdquo (most often used in the Orthodox

communion) ldquothe priesthood of the faithfulrdquo (the preferred term

among Roman Catholics) and ldquothe priesthood of all believersrdquo

(usually used by Protestants and global indigenous church move-

ments) Each term carrying slightly different connotations can

helpfully illumine an important aspect of the doctrine and we

will look at each in turn







certain kind of priestly ministry Hence the preferred Orthodox

term for the doctrine is the ldquopriesthood of the baptizedrdquo

15

Te priesthood of the faithful (Roman Catholic) Te

Second Vatican Councilrsquos Lumen Gentium is the first conciliar

document to address ldquothe common priesthood of the faithfulrdquo16

It provides a clear affirmation that the whole church is a priestly

peoplemdashin a manner reminiscent of Luther and other Protes-

tants Archbishop Oscar Romero explained the teaching of the

Roman Catholic Church to his parishioners this way

How beautiful will be the day when all the baptized under-

stand that their work their job is a priestly work and

each metalworker each professional each doctor with the

scalpel the market woman at her stand is performing a

priestly office How many cabdrivers I know listen to this

message there in their cabs you are a priest at the wheel

my friend if you work with honesty consecrating that taxi

of yours to God bearing a message of peace and love to the

passengers who ride in your cab17

Roman Catholic doctrine teaches that there is only one

priesthoodmdashChristrsquosmdashbut there are two distinct participations

in itmdashone ministerial belonging to ordained clergy the other

common belonging to all baptized believers Christ the high

priest made the church into a kingdom and priests to serve God

Te Catholic catechism reads ldquoTrough the sacraments of

Baptism and Confirmation the faithful are lsquoconsecrated to be

a holy priesthoodrsquordquo and they live out their baptismal priesthood

ldquothrough their participation each according to his own vocationin Christrsquos mission as priest prophet and kingrdquo18 Each Christian

exercises his or her priesthood in a distinctive way in accordance

with their calling Within the baptismal priesthood of the faithful




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a subgroup is ordained to the ministerial priesthood Tis group

of ordained leaders are the ones most people think about whenthe word priest is mentioned Tey lead congregations in celebra-

tions of the Lordrsquos Supper preach the Word of God baptize and

perform other duties in the Roman Catholic Church For Cath-

olics the ordained priesthood is special with a unique sacrament

but it exists to serve the common priesthood It is ldquothe means by

which Christ unceasingly builds up and leads his Churchrdquo19

While ldquothe common priesthood of the faithfulrdquo is the most

common term used by Roman Catholic theologians many now

also use the traditionally Protestant ldquopriesthood of all believersrdquo20

Te priesthood of all believers (Protestant) Martin Luther

did not coin the phrase ldquothe priesthood of all believersrdquomdashthe

closest he comes is the ldquogeneral priesthood of all baptized be-

lieversrdquomdashbut he remains the most important source for theProtestant understanding of the doctrine referring to believers

as priests hundreds of times throughout his writings Te doc-

trine according to Luther denotes the believerrsquos sharing in

Christrsquos royal priesthood through faith and baptism Its primary

implications are every believerrsquos access to the Father through

Christ and responsibility to minister to other believers espe-

cially through the proclamation of the Word

Other traditions took up Lutherrsquos mantle some conforming

to his intent and others diverging For example the Anabaptist

traditions held what Luther deemed a radicalized version of the

doctrine Like Luther they emphasized believersrsquo direct access

to God although they sometimes minimized the role of or-

dained leaders in the church One writer observes

Te experience of the immediacy with God led Anabaptists

to reject any notion that special places persons or objects





brought one closer to God Te relationship of the human

being with God was not dependent on clerical or sacramentalmediation In the Anabaptist view religious institutions were

human inventions at best and downright detrimental to

spiritual well being at worst Te spiritual experience of

the immediate relationship between God and human beings

had the consequence of elevating the common person to a

position equal to that of the clergy and nobility21

In addition to this emphasis Anabaptists stressed the responsi-

bility of every believer to preach the gospel to those without a

sincere faith in Christ Tis missional dimension of the

priesthood of all believers ldquocontributed greatly to the launching

of the modern missionary movement a logical result of a

church-view which made every baptized person a missionerrdquo22

While different Protestant traditions have emphasized different

aspects of the doctrine a common core can be identified

Te heart of the Protestant understanding of the priesthood

of believers is rinitarian First the baptized believer now has

direct access to the Father in the Most Holy Place Trough

Christ we can all experience God intimately Second as those

who have been united to Christ we have the privilege of priestlyministry to one another in the place of Christ especially as we

speak his words and announce the good news about his grace

and forgiveness Finally every member of the priesthood of all

believers has received the Holy Spiritrsquos anointing and empow-

erment for mission and witness in the world Each baptized be-

liever has received gifts for service and ministry Just as Jesus

was empowered for mission at his baptism so baptized believers

have received the Holy Spiritrsquos empowerment Tey too are now

called to join in the missio Deimdashthe mission of God in the world




R C

Te principles and practices of the priesthood of all believers

must be considered carefully lest the doctrine become a waxnose twisted in unseemly directions How we finish the statement

ldquoWe believe in the priesthood of all believers therefore rdquo re-

veals a good deal about what we understand the doctrine to

mean At my (Uchersquos) church for example the sentence might

be completed with any of the following statements

bull We share the preaching responsibilities among a group of five

to ten teachers

bull We place much of the directing of the church in the hands of

laypeople

bull We speak of small group leaders as the ldquorealrdquo pastors of the

church

bull We treat small groups as the heartbeat of the church theplace where all members are encouraged to ldquospeak the truth

in loverdquo to one another

bull We devote large portions of our service times to hearing

spontaneous prayers and words of testimony from various

members of the congregation

bull We have reflection services where the congregation ldquopreachesthe sermonrdquo through spontaneous reflections on Scripture

Without evaluating the relative strengths or weaknesses of

these practices we can see that they betray a particular take

(a fairly Anabaptistic one) on what the priesthood of all be-

lievers entails In fact all renderings of the doctrine are con-

textual and their validity rests on how much they cohere withScripturersquos overall vision As will become clear some practices

necessarily follow from an affirmation of the priesthood of

believers and some do not





Despite their differences the above termsmdashldquopriesthood of

the faithfulrdquo ldquopriesthood of the baptizedrdquo and ldquopriesthood of allbelieversrdquomdashall faithfully express aspects of Scripturersquos teaching

Also of significance is the fact that all major traditions of the

church emphasize this doctrine as vitally important for local

congregations today

A V D

Te priesthood of all believers lies near the center of church

life and Christian spirituality Rather than simply being a

quaint Protestant slogan it is a way of naming the Christianrsquos

identity in Jesus Christ As with many other teachings fresh

restatements must be made so that its truth remains living in

the consciousness of the church Tis book is one such con-

temporary restatement We aim to present a well-roundedtheological vision for the priesthood of all believers one that

is constructive rather than reactive It develops in four stagesmdash

biblical historical theological and practicalmdashwith a chapter

devoted to each stage

Te biblical chapter (chapter two) outlines the story of the

priesthood of all believers It is a story that begins in Eden and

ends in the New Jerusalem but we focus on a few highlights

starting with Exodus - followed by Psalm and Isaiah

ndash We then take up Peter - as a programmatic New

estament text and further build on its insights through an ex-

amination of several Pauline writings Hebrews and the book of

Revelation Te chapter also identifies some specific features of

the Levitical priesthood ultimately seeking to highlight the sim-ilarities between the labors of professional priests in the Old

estament and those of members of Christrsquos royal priesthood

Finally we point to the centrality of the Messiah as the one who




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fulfills the long-awaited office of eschatological royal priest and

initiates the participation of Godrsquos people in his own royalpriesthood Trough the interweaving of these strands we have

the beginnings of a more thorough understanding of what the

priesthood of believers entails for the church

Te third chapter is historical detailing Martin Lutherrsquos the-

ology of the priesthood of believers and presenting it as a fruitful

and concrete attempt to integrate and develop Scripturersquos

teaching on priesthoodmdashboth ordained and universal We place

Lutherrsquos doctrine in context by setting it against the backdrop of

medieval developments in the understanding of priesthood par-

ticularly the elevation of ordained leadership over the laity

Much of Lutherrsquos polemic is targeted toward these (negative)

shifts He argues that all believers share the privilege of royal

priesthood and are called to ldquoproclaimrdquo the Word in its writtenoral and sacramental forms Tis chapter serves to correct some

misconceptions of Lutherrsquos teaching on the matter while pre-

senting him as a bridge between the biblical material and the

present life and thought of the church Lutherrsquos life and teaching

illustrate how revitalizing a vision of the priesthood of all be-

lievers opens the way for greater transformation of the churchrsquos

life and mission by the Word of God

Chapter four is theological arguing that a Christian doctrine

of the priesthood of all believers should be developed with a

Christocentric-rinitarian understanding of the missio Dei It

brings the doctrine into dialogue with the churchrsquos confession of

the triune God producing an explicitly rinitarian account of

the priesthood of believers We contend that there are especially

appropriate ways for the royal priesthood to relate to the Father

(worship) the Son (service) and the Holy Spirit (witness) In-

adequate rinitarian versions of the doctrine of the priesthood





of all believers can be found in Islam Mormonism and a number

of Protestant theologies Tis chapter concludes with a brief cri-tique of several inadequate Protestant forms

Te final substantive chapter is practical providing a contem-

porary ethics in outline for the royal priesthood We hold that a

canonically and catholically informed notion of the priesthood

of all believers leads to particular contextualized ecclesial prac-

tices Te chapter addresses how a clear vision a resolute in-

tention and particular means (VIM) can lead to faithful and

fruitful practices It places particular weight on seven central

practices essential to the health of the royal priesthood Tese

practices are closely associated with those emerging from the

earlier chapter on Luther () baptism as public ordination to the

royal priesthood () prayer () lectio divina () ministry

() church discipline () proclamation and () the Lordrsquos SupperEach of these is rooted in the apostolic doctrine of the royal

priesthood and each has played an important role in the doc-

trinersquos history Our hope for this book is that the richness of this

doctrine with its deep biblical and historical roots will become

evident so that its ramifications might be felt in our practices

and everyday experience as followers of the great High Priest

A B N A

As with many dual-authored books questions about which

author is speaking may arise While we both share responsi-

bility for the entire book it may be helpful for the reader to

know that chapters one two and three are primarily authored

by Uche while chapters four five and six are primarily authoredby Hank Personal illustrations and anecdotes in the respective

chapters belong to the primary author of the chapter








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CHR I S T

A Vision for the






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Respond to God 10486251048625983090







So What 1048625983093983092

Notes 1048625983093983095

Bibliography 1048625983096983095






ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















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REPRESENTING

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A Vision for the






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rights reserved









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ISBN 983097983095983096-983088-983096983091983088983096-983093983089983090983096-983095 (print)

ISBN 983097983095983096-983088-983096983091983088983096-983097983097983095983092-983094 (digital)













983090983091983092mdashdc983090983091


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CONTENTS







































Respond to God 10486251048625983090







So What 1048625983093983092

Notes 1048625983093983095

Bibliography 1048625983096983095






ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















R C







983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A












CONTENTS







































Respond to God 10486251048625983090







So What 1048625983093983092

Notes 1048625983093983095

Bibliography 1048625983096983095






ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















R C







983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A
























Respond to God 10486251048625983090







So What 1048625983093983092

Notes 1048625983093983095

Bibliography 1048625983096983095






ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















R C







983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A












ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















R C







983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A












R C







983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A












983089

EXALTED CLERGY OR

EGALITARIAN PRIESTS


E

















R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A












R C







P P P



































and humilityrdquo5






















R C















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15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A























and humilityrdquo5






















R C















A C P






















































15































R C
































































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to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























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A B N A












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15































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to ten teachers


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congregations today

A V D

























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A B N A


















































15































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to ten teachers


laypeople


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congregations today

A V D

























R C





















































A B N A

















15































R C
































































R C








to ten teachers


laypeople


church






















congregations today

A V D

























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A B N A















15































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to ten teachers


laypeople


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A B N A












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to ten teachers


laypeople


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congregations today

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A B N A












































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to ten teachers


laypeople


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congregations today

A V D

























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A B N A












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Representing Christ By Uche Anizor and Hank Voss