6 Metaphors for priesthoods
But when the noun conveys the idea of unity or takes the plural form, the verb or pronoun has no other than a literal agreement by the common rule; as, "A priesthood, such as Baal's was of old, A people, such as never was till now."Cowper. OBS.
But when the noun conveys the idea of unity or takes the plural form, the verb or pronoun has no other than a literal agreement by the common rule; as, "A priesthood, such as Baal's was of old, A people, such as never was till now."Cowper. OBS.
The god became, in a material sense, the greatest god of Egypt, the national god; and his priesthood became the most powerful organization in the kingdom.
It has a priesthood, and that priesthood is a power we must reverence and obey, no matter what may be its commands.
The priesthood was the priesthood; the Blessed Sacrament was the God-Man tabernacling with men.
It is true that all other organised priesthoods are also bodies which move within formularies even more inelastic than those of the Establishment.