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The Priesthood of the Plebs

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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In this seminal treatise, Peter J. Leithart argues that the coming of the New Creation in Jesus Christ has profound and revolutionary implications for social order, implications symbolized and effected in the ritual of baptism. In Christ and Christian baptism, the ancient distinctions between priest and non-priest, between patrician and plebian, are dissolved, giving rise to a new humanity in which there is no Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female. Yet, beginning in the medieval period, the church has blunted the revolutionary force of baptism, and reintroduced antique distinctions whose destruction was announced by the gospel. Leithart calls the church to renew her commitment to the gospel that offers "priesthood to the plebs."
The Priesthood of the Plebs and On Earth as in Heaven
On Earth as in HeavenThe Priesthood of the Plebs

  • Title

    The Priesthood of the Plebs

  • Author

    Peter J Leithart

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    October 2003

  • Weight

    454g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781592444045

  • ISBN-10

    1592444040

  • Eden Code

    4880877

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