Tradition Comparator
What changed concerning priesthood under the New Covenant?
Each row is one tradition: its answer in its own categories, the reading principles its lens removes, and which of the case’s positions still stand when the record is read through that lens.
Not every row answers the same question. Each row applies one tradition’s lens — removing the reading principles it rejects or sets aside — and shows which positions are still supported under that lens. A lens records explicit rejections only; principles a tradition does not address are left in place. Where a tradition asks a different question, the row says so.
| Tradition | Answer | Lens removes | The Levitical order is superseded | Suspended, not superseded | A ministerial priesthood shares Christ’s | Christ alone; all believers priests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Addresses the question Christ’s priesthood fulfils the Levitical; the ordained ministry participates in it and differs in essence from the common priesthood of the faithful. ministerial and common priesthood · sacrament of order · typology Position: AM-CLAIM-000199 | AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011, AM-AX-013 | Supported under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Supported under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Eastern Orthodox | Addresses the question As for Catholic teaching on the priesthood and its succession, within Orthodox sacramental theology. mystery of ordination · apostolic succession Position: AM-CLAIM-000199 | AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011, AM-AX-013 | Supported under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Supported under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Lutheran | Addresses the question Christ is the one high priest; all the baptized are priests; the ordained ministry is an office of word and sacrament. priesthood of all the baptized · office of the ministry Position: AM-CLAIM-000202 | AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011 | Supported under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Supported under selected assumptions | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Reformed | Addresses the question As for Lutheran teaching, with the change framed as fulfilment within one covenant of grace. covenant of grace · priesthood of believers Position: AM-CLAIM-000202 | AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011, AM-AX-012 | Supported under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Not established under selected assumptions | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Rabbinic Judaism | Addresses the question Answers about the Levitical priesthood, not about Christ: the priestly order is perpetual and suspended by the Temple’s loss, awaiting restoration. kehunnah · avodah · the Third Temple Position: AM-CLAIM-000197 | AM-AX-001, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011 | Not established under selected assumptions | Supported under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Latter-day Saint | Asks a different question Holds the Melchizedek priesthood to be an office conferred on ordained men by restored authority — a question about authority taken up in its own case. Melchizedek and Aaronic priesthood · priesthood keys Position: AM-CLAIM-000270 | AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-012, AM-AX-013 | Supported under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Not established under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Sunni Islam | Not comparable Priesthood is not a category of Islamic theology: there is no priestly mediation and no sacrificial cult to supersede. The nearest question — how prophetic authority and law succeed one another — is recorded in the Torah permanence case. nubuwwa · sharīʿa | AM-AX-001, AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-010, AM-AX-011 | Not established under selected assumptions | Support weakened | Not established under selected assumptions | Not established under selected assumptions |
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