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SACERDOTALISM (from
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Lat. sacerdos,
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priest, literally one who presents sacred offerings, sacer, sacred, and dare, to give)  , a
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term applied, usually in a hostile sense, to the
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system, method and spirit of a priestly
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order or class, under which the functions, dignity and
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influence of the members of the priesthood are exalted in the
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ministry of
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religion, and in the
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church at the expense of the laity . This exalting of the priesthood in the
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Christian church is based on the claim that the
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priest exercises sacrificial and supernatural
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powers in the celebration of the
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Eucharist .

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