Richmond planet., 1894-01-27
A CATHOLIC PRIESTS AssER
Tl0NS.
Is there g Priesthood In the Church Of
Sod 1.-THE Rev. nr. Wells Says
There Is Not-The Bible Says
There is-Who Is Righ


While It Is unq questionabIy true
that the ancient sacrifices and the
ancient priesthood were abolished
With the great sacrifice OF Calvary:
I Is no less certain that Christ sub
stituted for them far more perfect
sacrifice and priesthood, OF which
the ancient Priesthood with It's
5cany sacrifices were butt types and
ires.
Like other important features of
the church of Christ, this new sacri-
nee and priest hood were eloquent
u ioretold by the prophets long be-
Ne Christ himself established both.
egiDg. OF the coming times o.
q kedeemer, God foretelis by
fkhieh, chapter sc: Is. 10, etc, II
cnEne that may gather them to-
ther with ali nations and tongues
and / will take OF them to
a PRIESTS and levites saith the
ord
y THE same prophet says In another
3Iace. chapter 1919: I'm that day
chat there shall be an ALTAR OF the
Lord, In the midst of the hand of
EGYPT"
That day. els the time after the
fomipg of Christ, for the Jewish peo-
NE were forbidden to offer sacrifice,
|naywhere except in Jerusalem. Nov
Hthere is TO be an "ALTAR" there
must be a sacrifice" and priest
To offer it; one without the other has
no meaning these terms are as In
kiuately connected as "law, court,
ead Judge"
By the prophet Malachi chapter
Fi.10,11 God promises most solemn
! y and unconditionally that In place
ot the ancient, imperfect sacrifices
| faere shall be offered to him every
| where q sacrifice with which be Is
| wsll pleased. "To you o priests
1have no pleasure in you saith
| the Lord of hosts, and l will notrs-
/ ceive gift at your hand. For from
1 the rising of the sun even to the
gcing down, my name Is great
among the Gentiles. and In every
place there Is sacrifice and there Is
osered to my name clean oblatiOn."
Explain this as you may; 1t Is too
clear to quibble about. It cannot
mean the sacrifice of prayer, good
works or that of the cross for obvi-
ous reasons. If then there is to be a
"a -ifice" everywhere here must be
'.ps SITS" to offer 1t, for as has been
sat- already, one supposes the 9th
gain; the priesthood OF the
| Oh istian churcn is clearly foretold
A. priesthood of Christ himself.
10 II was said "Thou art =
lYa vever, according to the OF
hIesdsch Psalms 109 A.
al Ecrsst r. called q
pr. =. according - the order {rs.1J
OF Melchieedec, he must also have
offered sacrifice In some way like
bis. Melchisedec we read in Gene
. sic 14:1S 30, offered bread and
! wine and Christ offered q sacrifice o
. thI0 order, not on the cross, but al
thelast supper where he offered hin
self under the appearance OF bread
: and wine. Here then, and MOI
, on the cross, Christ showed himsel
I as she priest according to the ordei
| OF Melchisedec and at the SAINT
time made his apostles priests by
telling them do this in remembel
ance of me-" That is to say do tn
same thing which / have just don
and offer my body and blood unde
!, the appearance of bread and wine
q Onlitsing other passages for brew
I ty's sake, one more may be quoted
y "Ne have an ALTAR, whereof the,
Il have no power to eat who serve tn
q tabernacle" Hebs. 1910.
81 ntAe Christians according to 81
h Paul have an "ALTAR," they mue
5 have sacrifice and .'PRIEsTs" t.
t ofer 1t, for priest according to tn
;. definition OF the same apostle Is on
= wslo is appointed to offer gifts an
: sacrifices.
. . And what is brought against a
q dbsse explicit testimonies of the B
o be Z Nothing but the flimsy, wor
" ont objection from st. Pauls epist
o. to the Hebrews.
y One thing is certain "God can
n not contradict himself. When s
a. Paul afiFms that Christ offered hin
be self only 'once,' he means by suffe
liYg, blood shedding and DEATH" fl
"a r,ading his epistle you viii And thu
pr he compares Christ's oblation to Il
y oblatfon of animal victims of the o
4 lew which were made by the real de
en- 1 tfuction of their animal life. In t.
is Aasa, the great sacrifice of the ne
" law, there is nothing opposed to tl
n eachizg of st. Paul; In fact, the
ne mot be more conspicuous W
als +he one death of the lone vi
fi- 49,. a the Mass, that august 6
"a hich lnsttuted by Christ
- sslf, shows forth the Lords dea
"a he come," that death, witho
alch the Mass would have neitl
meaning nor an existence.
"a When the same apostle in chap
~ seems to say that Christ is
only priest, the answer is obvio
aot Christ is called the only eternal hi
of priest, Just as hs is also called {
only teacher, etc. AS therefore
ces right of Christ to teach does not
are clude other teachers who speak
'liD him and with his authority, 80 q
,er- his eternal priesthood excludes ind
equal priests, but In no v
cry priests who act for him and In
ay. name and whose priesthood is q ?
as tlcipatlon of his own~
ians anr 1t is plain then, without shad
viii ofdoubt from the teaching of the
not BILE alone that In place of the anci
sure priesthood, Christ instituted a !
eet- one whose principal Office 1t is to
far the aacrfficeNeO often fOret,Old