Commenting on the Protestant understanding of the “Priesthood of All Believers,” one theologian wrote:
This, of course, does
not mean that Protestants do not have ministers or pastors or that they might
not even call their ministers or pastors priests. But this ministry, which is
maintained by the overwhelming majority of Protestants, is a functional office.
Ministers are people called by God through the church to serve the fellowship
of believers by preaching, teaching, and administering the sacraments. (George
W. Forell, The Protestant Faith [Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1960],
25)
To see the overwhelming biblical evidence against
the Protestant understanding of the “Priesthood of All Believers” and the
evidence for an ordained, ministerial priesthood in the New Covenant,
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