1541. The liturgy of the Church, however, sees in the priesthood of Aaron and the service of the Levites, as in the institution of the seventy elders,11 a prefiguring of the ordained ministry of the New Covenant. Thus in the Latin Rite the Church prays in the consecratory preface of the ordination of bishops:
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by your gracious word
you have established the plan of your Church.
From the beginning,
you chose the descendants of Abraham to be your holy nation.
You established rulers and priests
and did not leave your sanctuary without ministers to serve you….12
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
99. In what sense is Mary “ever Virgin”?
195. What else does “the communion of saints” mean?
240. What is the purpose of holy images?
188. What is the vocation of the lay faithful?
14. What is the relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture?
545. Why is our prayer efficacious?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
What is God’s judgment on corruption and oppression according to Micah 3:1-4?
How to deal with opposition to the truth of the Gospel?
What did Jesus teach about loving your neighbor? (Matthew 22:39)
