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100			_aLeithart, Peter J. _91606
245			_aThe priesthood of the plebs : a theology of baptism /
260			_aEugene, Oregon : _bWipf and Stock Publishers, _c c2003.
300			_axxiii, 312 pages ; _b23 cm
505			_a"In this seminal treatise, Peter J. Leithart argues that the coming of the New Creation in Jesus Christ has profound and revolutionary implications for social order, implications symbolized and effected in the ritual of baptism. In Christ and Christian baptism, the ancient distinctions between priest and non-priest, between patrician and plebian, are dissolved, giving rise to a new humanity in which there is no Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female. Yet, beginning in the medieval period, the church has blunted the revolutionary force of baptism, and reintroduced antique distinctions whose destruction was announced by the gospel. Leithart calls the church to renew her commitment to the gospel that offers 'priesthood to the plebs.'" -- Publisher's description.
650			_aBaptism. Priesthood, Universal. Baptism -- Biblical teaching.
942			_cBK
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