Assertion: priest's power | /r/CapableOf | offer sacrifice
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text: Besides the power to offer sacrifice and to teach with authority, the priest is also invested with special power to bless both persons and things.
text: The minister does not have the power to offer sacrifice, which is precisely what makes a priest a priest.
text: Indeed, Protestant ministers do not even believe in such a power to offer sacrifice.
text: The second degree belongs to the priest (presbyter), who is also a sacerdos, but of the second rank ("secundi sacerdotes" Innocent I ad Eugub.); by his priestly ordination he receives the power to offer sacrifice (i.e. to celebrate the Eucharist), to forgive sins, to bless, to preach, to sanctify, and in a word to fulfil the non-reserved liturgical duties or priestly functions.