A priest's main job is that he share in the universal dimensions of the mission that Christ entrusted to the apostles. The spiritual gift they have received in ordination prepares them, not for a limited and restricted mission, "but for the fullest, in fact the universal mission of salvation 'to the end of the earth, prepared in spirit to preach the Gospel everywhere.
The Russian Orthodox Church does not ordain priests.
In the Catholic Church, priests are celibate, therefore this question does not apply to the Catholic Church.
Priests will be priests: belong to the clergy, ministers of a Christian Church.
Orthodox priests could marry, Catholic priests could not.
The apostles were the first priests and bishops of the Catholic Church.
In the Catholic Church, bishops are responsible for ordaining priests.
Priests, as they do today, would have lived in a separate dwelling called a rectory, not in the church.
The Catholic Church has never had female priests nor bishops, and will never have them.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the male priest represents God.Female priests are permitted in the Episcopal Church.
No, priests in the Catholic Church are not required to be virgins in order to serve. However, celibacy is a requirement for priests in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, meaning they are not allowed to marry or engage in sexual relationships.
No there are no female priests in the Roman Catholic Church. A priest represents Jesus on the Alter and a woman cannot do that. Religious women can become nuns but not priests.
priests help us celebrate the 7 sacraments and are part of the hierarchy or basic structure of the Church