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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther: words, "priest," "clergy," " spiritual person," "ecclesiastic,"
an injustice has been done, since they have been transferred from
the remaining body of Christians to those few who are now, by
hurtful custom, called ecclesiastics. For Holy Scripture makes no
distinction between them, except that those who are now
boastfully called popes, bishops, and lords, it calls ministers,
servants, and stewards, who are to serve the rest in the ministry
of the word, for teaching the faith of Christ and the liberty of
believers. For though it is true that we are all equally priests,
yet we cannot, nor, if we could, ought we all to, minister and
teach publicly. Thus Paul says, "Let a man so account of us as of
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