The belief that priests act as mediators between God and humans.
sacerdotalist sac'er·do'tal·ist n.
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Devil's Dictionary:
sacerdotalist
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
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One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians.
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a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
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Sacerdotalism
Sacerdotalism (from Latin sacerdos, priest, literally one who presents sacred offerings, sacer, sacred, and dare, to give) is a term applied (usually in a hostile sense) to a tendency occasionally found in some Christian denominations where the functions, dignity, and influence of the members of the priesthood are exalted in the ministry of religion and in the church at the expense of the laity. This is often based on the claim that the priest exercises sacrificial and supernatural powers in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a famous anti-sacerdotalist.
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- [1] - Napoleon Bonaparte
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n. - 神甫, 牧師, 司鐸
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