title: Sharing Christ's Priesthood: A Bible Study for Catholics
author:  Mike Aquilina 
description: Mike Aquilina, executive vice-president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, has authored or edited more than twenty books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion, including the best-selling <b>What Catholics Believe</b>. He is currently co-host of EWTN's <i>Reasons to Believe</i> and a regular panelist on <i>The Weekly Roman Observer</i> broadcast by the Catholic Family Network.
zlib_text: Priesthood, The  Sacraments and the Anamnesis 2009 
   
  1 St Barbara & St Noufer Coptic Orthodox Church 
   
  Our protestant brothers in Christ appear to deny the teachings of the early church on many 
  fronts, especially the rite of priesthood and sacraments. For the purpose of this discussion I will 
  endeavor to focus on the following points in an attempt to beautify the orthodox teachings 
  which have not changed since the time of Christ. I am no scholar nor profess my authority on 
  such issues however what I will write is neither my understanding nor that of man but of how 
  God through his son Jesus intended it to be. 
   
  Issues to be discussed include the following 
   
  1. The institution of priesthood and how we are all called to be priests in the Kingdom of 
  God. 
  2. The true orthodox understanding of what a sacrament is. 
  3. The Sacrament of Communion – Fiction or Non Fiction. 
   
  PRIESTHOOD 
   
  Two common teachings propagated by our protestant brothers to diminish the necessity of 
  priest