1544. Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the “one mediator between God and men.”15 The Christian tradition considers Melchizedek, “priest of God Most High,” as a prefiguration of the priesthood of Christ, the unique “high priest after the order of Melchizedek”;16 “holy, blameless, unstained,”17 “by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified,”18 that is, by the unique sacrifice of the cross.
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29. Why is there no contradiction between faith and science?
85. Why did the Son of God become man?
484. In danger of war, who has the responsibility for the rigorous evaluation of these conditions?
249. Is everything immutable in the liturgy?
179. Why did Christ institute an ecclesiastical hierarchy?
315. What is the attitude of the Church toward the sick?
421. Where does one find the New Law?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
God’s Covenant with David: An Eternal Commitment (2 Samuel 7)
How can Christ’s return be a comfort in the midst of pain, according to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?
What is the importance of Christian discipline according to 1 Corinthians 9:24-27?
What is the importance of humility and repentance according to the book of Baruch?
