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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 21. The Sacrament of Priesthood

Is it necessary for the hearts of the priests to never depart from dwelling in God’s house?

The answer

A priest should never leave the House of God, i.e., he loves the heavenly life. Origen says, “For that reason, if anyone wants to be a high priest not just in name but in worthiness, let him imitate Moses; let him imitate Aaron. What is said about them? ‘They did not leave the Tent of the Lord’ (Lev. 10:7). Moses was constantly in ‘the Tent of the Lord.’ What was his work? That he should either learn something from God or teach the people.”1653

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

1653 Origen, Homilies on Leviticus 1–16 6.6.4 (FOTC 83:128).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.