THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS
THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS Art Lindsley, PhD There is an important biblical idea that has great implications for our personal spirituality and public life in the Church and in the world: the idea that every believer is a priest, regardless of his or her full-time occupation. This notion was one of the top three ideas of the Protestant Reformation. The first two, Sola Scriptura —which assehttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3408245057821831398#editor/target=post;postID=6934300056263764906rts the sole authority of Scripture—and Sola Fide —which teaches justification by faith alone—have been widely taught, but the notion of the “priesthood of all believers” has been by far the most neglected. Martin Luther thought that “this word priest should become as common as the word Christian” because all Christians are priests.1 Yet for whatever reason, the priesthood of all believers has been much less understood, taught, and expounded upon in writing. When Luther referred to the pr