1) Belief 2) Christian term
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Sacerdotalism is the belief that propitiatory sacrifices for sin require the intervention of a priest. That is, it is the belief that a special, segregated order of men, called the priesthood, are the only ones who can commune directly with God or the gods. This system of the priesthood is exemplified by the priests in the Old Testament. The term ...
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belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind
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• (m.) The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
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(from the article `Protestantism`) ...bread and wine, however, do not change their substance, and, for Luther, there was no miracle of the mass in which the priest was thought to alter ... In addition to organizational and institutional forms, a typology is needed to classify monastic status and hierarchy. The first and most important ....
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Sac`er·do'tal·ism noun The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
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n] - a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
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noun a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
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(Lat sacerdotalis pertaining to a priest) A religious system revolving about a priestly order. The term, when employed in a derogatory sense, means the unwholesome preference for ecclesiastical and sacramental observances in contrast to the more valid personal and moral values. -- V.F.
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