Priesthood under the New CovenantAddresses the question
As for Catholic teaching on the priesthood and its succession, within Orthodox sacramental theology.
Tradition Layer · Christian
Eastern Orthodox
The Orthodox churches in communion with one another, for which Scripture is read within the living Tradition of the Church and its councils.
Scripture (with the Septuagint as the received Old Testament); the seven ecumenical councils; the Fathers; liturgy.
Holy Tradition · apostolic succession · mystery (sacrament) · theosis · typology
Recorded stances
Reading principles
| Principle | Stance | Note |
|---|---|---|
| AM-AX-001 Apostolic exegesis is authoritative | Holds | — |
| AM-AX-002 Figures prefigure fulfilment | Holds | — |
| AM-AX-005 Torah is eternal and unabrogated | Rejects | Holds the moral law to endure while its ceremonial provisions are fulfilled in Christ. |
| AM-AX-007 The Oral Torah is authoritative | Rejects | Does not receive rabbinic tradition as binding interpretation. |
| AM-AX-008 The Qurʾān is the final, authoritative revelation | Rejects | Does not receive the Qurʾān as scripture. |
| AM-AX-009 Earlier scriptures as transmitted are not wholly reliable | Rejects | Holds its received scriptures to be reliably transmitted. |
| AM-AX-010 Genesis as received is an authoritative covenant charter | Holds | — |
| AM-AX-011 Continuing revelation and an open canon | Rejects | Does not receive the Restoration scriptures as revelation. |
| AM-AX-012 Apostolic succession transmits authority | Holds | — |
| AM-AX-013 Scripture alone is the final rule | Rejects | Scripture is read within Holy Tradition. |
Simulation
Reading the record through this lens
The lens removes the 6 principles this tradition rejects or sets aside (AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011, AM-AX-013). Principles it does not address stay in place. Of the record’s positions:
| Case | Position | Under this lens |
|---|---|---|
| The permanence of the Torah | AM-CLAIM-000219 The commandments are permanent | Support weakened |
| The permanence of the Torah | AM-CLAIM-000221 Fulfilled in Christ | Supported under selected assumptions |
| The permanence of the Torah | AM-CLAIM-000225 A law for each community | Not established under selected assumptions |
| The permanence of the Torah | AM-CLAIM-000227 Fulfilled, by Restoration scripture | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Priesthood under the New Covenant | AM-CLAIM-000191 The Levitical order is superseded | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Priesthood under the New Covenant | AM-CLAIM-000197 Suspended, not superseded | Support weakened |
| Priesthood under the New Covenant | AM-CLAIM-000199 A ministerial priesthood shares Christ’s | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Priesthood under the New Covenant | AM-CLAIM-000202 Christ alone; all believers priests | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelation | AM-CLAIM-000246 Heirs by following; millat Ibrāhīm restored | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelation | AM-CLAIM-000247 The covenant line through Isaac | Support weakened |
| Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelation | AM-CLAIM-000248 Heirs by faith | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelation | AM-CLAIM-000249 The seal of the prophets | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Restoration and priesthood authority | AM-CLAIM-000270 Restored by angelic conferral | Not established under selected assumptions |
| Restoration and priesthood authority | AM-CLAIM-000274 Continued in apostolic succession | Supported under selected assumptions |
| Restoration and priesthood authority | AM-CLAIM-000202 Christ alone; all believers priests | Not established under selected assumptions |
A lens is a simulation, not a statement of what the tradition believes about every claim; its recorded answers are below. Open in the explorer
Its answers to the research cases
Restoration and priesthood authorityAsks a different question
As for Catholic teaching: authority continues in the succession of bishops within Holy Tradition.