NEW TESTAMENT

Hebrews 5:10

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named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

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Verse 10. There is but one eternal Pontiff, one universal Priest given by God all others are his vicars, but not successors, whom he associates to his priesthood, to continue those same functions on earth which he himself exercises in heaven, and which had been prefigured in Melchisedech.

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