Is the Pope the Church's High Priest?

Jamie Jackson interviews Dr. Nathan Busenitz concerning the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

[jesusacuna]

Too bad no Catholic believes the Pope is a high priest, because Jesus is the only high priest. Otherwise you'd be onto something.

[wallersdachurch]

Wow, I thought only Adventists new about this!

[juancarrasco]

People will say that in {The New Testament} people saw Jesus and that this therefore means that the command not to make images (whether three dimensional or two dimensional) no longer applies.

While it is true that there have been people long ago who saw God through Jesus Christ, this is an exception rather than the rule (Read {1 John 3:2} & {1 John 4:12}).

Furthermore, Moses saw God (Read {Exodus 33:11}). The fact is that {Deuteronomy 4:23-24} still applies.

[xhunter]

Amen and amen..Emmanuel...
Yes if we know nd understand the words line by line in the bible...
Thres no ader reason for us to argue and debate..the words of the Lord proclaim tgat Jesus is the highest priest..the only medator..the King of ol kings the Lord of lords..and d only way to heaven no ader thrs thrs no point of saying nd explaining..dt drs ader thn lyk Christ...r u blind enaf to see tge truth?!!
We pray for all people tht God open thr eyes to see the truth nd keep thm.away in any brain washing deciveness..nd false practice from God so called false prophit.

[ashoBeam]

Interesting to hear him speak about Christ being our High Priest since in another video he said Christ work was finished on the Cross!

[neilanadams]

Yes he is on earth and Christ is in Heaven.

[theresarobles]

if st Paul is your Bible then your following the teachings of a Roman Catholic a born Jew registered as a Roman citizen

[carlitosace]

"The function of the pope in the New Testament is similar to, though not identical with, the function of the high priest in the Old Testament. For example, the high priest offered the greatest sacrifices to God (e.g., on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement) and functioned as the earthly leader of God’s people.

While Christ is our high priest with respect to sacrifices (he offered the great sacrifice of himself; see Hebrews 7-10) and is the ultimate head of all God’s people, he has left Peter here to serve as his visible representative in his absence. The pope, as the successor of Peter, thus has a function similar to that of the high priest as the earthly head of God’s people."

excerpt from Catholic Answers .com