Editing Priesthood of all believers (section)

== Catholic view ==
The [[Catholic Church]] teaches a version of the priesthood of all believers.<ref>{{CCC|pp=1547}}</ref> The dogmatic constitution ''[[Lumen gentium]]'' of the [[Second Vatican Council]] specifically highlights the priesthood of all believers. The primary difference between the teachings of the Catholic Church and those of the Protestant churches that reject the ordained priesthood, is that the Catholic Church believes in three different types of Christian priests:<ref>{{CCC|pp=1536|end=1600}}</ref>  
# the common priesthood of all Christians (1 Peter 2:5–9)
# the ordained priesthood (Acts 14:23, Romans 15:16, 1 Timothy 5:17, Titus 1:5, James 5:14–15); and
# the high priesthood of Jesus (Hebrews 3:1){{refn|group=note|Who is unique as both "the one who sacrifices and the one who is sacrificed."<ref>[[Alger of Liège]] ''et al.'' quoted by {{cite journal |last1=Angheben |first1=Marcello |title=Christus Victor, Sacerdos et Judex: The Multiple Roles of Christ on Mosan Shrines |journal=Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space |date=14 January 2019 |pages=85–108 |doi=10.1515/9783110629156-005|doi-access=free }}</ref>{{rp|90}} }}

Christian priesthood is not a continuation of Jewish temple priests who sacrifice animals but, like Christ, a priesthood in the order of [[Melchizedek]] who "offered bread and wine".<ref>{{CCC|pp=1333}}</ref> The first two priesthoods are a [[Participation_(philosophy)|participation]] in Christ's priesthood:

{{quote|"The redemptive sacrifice of Christ is unique, accomplished once for all; yet it is made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Church. The same is true of the one priesthood of Christ; it is made present through the ministerial priesthood without diminishing the uniqueness of Christ's priesthood: "Only Christ is the true priest, the others being only his ministers.""|Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1454<ref>{{CCC|pp=1454}}</ref> with quote of Aquinas}}  

Catholicism often expresses the idea of the priesthood of all baptized Christians in English as the "common" or "universal" priesthood;<ref>{{CCC|pp=15546}}</ref> in parallel, it refers to Catholic clergy as the "ministerial" priesthood. It defends this distinction with the original language of scripture.<ref>[http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/the-priesthood-is-both-ministerial-and-universal The Priesthood is Both Ministerial and Universal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326061434/http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/the-priesthood-is-both-ministerial-and-universal |date=2013-03-26 }}</ref> The Catholic Church holds that the consecration of the [[eucharist]] and [[absolution]] from sin may only be validly performed by ministerial priests with true [[apostolic succession]].<ref>[https://www.osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/Story/TabId/2672/ArtMID/13567/ArticleID/19708/All-the-Faithful-Are-Priests-through-Baptism.aspx All the Faithful Are Priests through Baptism]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114042026/https://www.osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/Story/TabId/2672/ArtMID/13567/ArticleID/19708/All-the-Faithful-Are-Priests-through-Baptism.aspx |date=2017-11-14 }}</ref>

Orthodox churches have a [[Holy_orders#Eastern_Christianity|similar view]] to the Catholic view.