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Brian Smith and Kristin Coffin offer a dialogue-style collaborative piece dealing with five subtopics as follows:
- The ramifications of an all-male priesthood.
- Systemic sexism in the Church.
- The burden of proof and the status quo.
- Doctrinal arguments.
- The role and purpose of the clergy.
This is the fourth piece in the series: Women as Ordained Priests (or Not). -Editor.
Brian speaking to the Purpose of the Priesthood
The purpose of the priesthood is articulated several times in the Writings along similar lines as the following: “the priest who teaches truth and leads to good for the sake of truth and good exercises charity” (Arcana Coelestia 8121).
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