Don't forget priestly dignity.

So were priestly rituals to preserve the universe.

Shoshenq also gained control of southern Egypt by placing his family members in important priestly positions.

It's a remarkable example of two different priestly appropriations of the same event, two different religious takeovers of a political fact.

It's a remarkable example of two different priestly appropriations of the same event, two different religious takeovers of a political fact.

The Greek alphabet borrowed from the Phoenician letters along with light, and cheap, papyrus effected the transfer of power from the priestly to the military class.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Such practices were accepted as facts of life, as they still are in many poor and southern countries, which might explain why the exposure of priestly abuse has taken place mostly in the north, where social change has been more rapid.

This is not the first time that the authorities of this former Yugoslav Republic have demonstrated an intolerant and inflexible attitude against priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church and prevented them in a rude way from performing their regular priestly duties.