
#Redirect:High priest
The term High Priest may refer to particular individuals who hold the office of ruler-priest in local region or ethnicity contexts. In secular contexts it may refer to the head of a religious caste. * In Ásatrú, the high priest is called a Gothi (or Gythia) and is the leader of a small group of practitioners collectively referred to as a Kindred. The Gothi are collectively known as the Gothar. * In Christianity a high priest could sometimes be compared with the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, a Patriarch in an Eastern_Orthodoxy, or a Primate (religion) in an Anglican or Episcopal church; but it is traditional to refer only to Jesus Christ as the one high priest of Christianity. * In Druidry, all members would be considered priests due to the historical role of the Druids as the priestly class of the Celts and Gauls. A "high priest" would likely be referred to as an Elder and would be a person who has practiced Druidry for a considerable amount of time. * In Islam, a high priest may be called a caliph or a mullah. * In Judaism and Samaritans, a high priest is called a Kohen Gadol. The office is not filled while there is no functioning Temple, thus only the Samaritans have had an active high priest after the year 70 C.E. * In the Roman Republic, the high priest office was called the Pontifex Maximus; it was usually filled by leading politicians, not by full-time priests. The Roman Pope bears this title today. * In Wicca, the high priest is a male who has earned the 3rd Degree level of recognition within his coven. A coven may also have a high priestess, either in addition to or instead of a high priest. * In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a High Priest (Mormonism) is an older male who has been faithful in the church and may have served in the bishopric and other important callings. In other religions the meaning of this term may vary.
I fear such comparisons have fairly little merit on the whole, simply mapping the function of a high priest in one religion against another fairly high position in another is likely to do little for enlightenment and much for misunderstanding. The role of such a person varies as much between different religeons as the names do, and it could cause confusion to attempt to consisely map it out like this with no further information. For Christianity specifically, as that is the religion I am the most familiar, even though popes etc. could be considered to have the same leadership powers of a high priest, most Christians, catholic or otherwise would be loath to classify anyone, bar Aaron, Melchisideck or Christ himself as a high priest. This is because a high priest in Christian (and I presume at least pre-Talmud jewish also) beliefs, a priest is someone who can enter the holy of holies and communicate with god, worship him, and ask for forgiveness on behalf of the people. However in Christianity, attributing this role to an individual is this is seen as at least slightly heretical since one may already do such things directly through Christ himself. I rewrote the paragraph on Christianity so it would not be "a high priest is" but rather "a high priest could sometimes be compared to" (I also removed the confusion between Catholicism and Christianity as a whole). I suspect some of the other religions (most specifically islam) will need similar modification. user:scarlet
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The term High Priest may refer to particular individuals who hold the office of ruler-priest in local region or ethnicity contexts. In secular contexts it may refer to the head of a religious caste. * In Ásatrú, the high priest is called a Gothi (or Gythia) and is the leader of a small group of practitioners collectively referred to as a Kindred. The Gothi are collectively known as the Gothar. * In Christianity a high priest could sometimes be compared with the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, a Patriarch in an Eastern_Orthodoxy, or a Primate (religion) in an Anglican or Episcopal church; but it is traditional to refer only to Jesus Christ as the one high priest of Christianity. * In Druidry, all members would be considered priests due to the historical role of the Druids as the priestly class of the Celts and Gauls. A "high priest" would likely be referred to as an Elder and would be a person who has practiced Druidry for a considerable amount of time. * In Islam, a high priest may be called a caliph or a mullah. * In Judaism and Samaritans, a high priest is called a Kohen Gadol. The office is not filled while there is no functioning Temple, thus only the Samaritans have had an active high priest after the year 70 C.E. * In the Roman Republic, the high priest office was called the Pontifex Maximus; it was usually filled by leading politicians, not by full-time priests. The Roman Pope bears this title today. * In Wicca, the high priest is a male who has earned the 3rd Degree level of recognition within his coven. A coven may also have a high priestess, either in addition to or instead of a high priest. * In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a High Priest (Mormonism) is an older male who has been faithful in the church and may have served in the bishopric and other important callings. In other religions the meaning of this term may vary.
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I fear such comparisons have fairly little merit on the whole, simply mapping the function of a high priest in one religion against another fairly high position in another is likely to do little for enlightenment and much for misunderstanding. The role of such a person varies as much between different religeons as the names do, and it could cause confusion to attempt to consisely map it out like this with no further information. For Christianity specifically, as that is the religion I am the most familiar, even though popes etc. could be considered to have the same leadership powers of a high priest, most Christians, catholic or otherwise would be loath to classify anyone, bar Aaron, Melchisideck or Christ himself as a high priest. This is because a high priest in Christian (and I presume at least pre-Talmud jewish also) beliefs, a priest is someone who can enter the holy of holies and communicate with god, worship him, and ask for forgiveness on behalf of the people. However in Christianity, attributing this role to an individual is this is seen as at least slightly heretical since one may already do such things directly through Christ himself. I rewrote the paragraph on Christianity so it would not be "a high priest is" but rather "a high priest could sometimes be compared to" (I also removed the confusion between Catholicism and Christianity as a whole). I suspect some of the other religions (most specifically islam) will need similar modification. user:scarlet
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