The Priesthood in Anthropological Perspective

Alice C. Linsley

St. Basil the Great

I have written a great deal about the origin and nature of the priesthood. Here are links to some of my articles and articles written by other people.

What is the Priesthood?
The Male Priesthood Has Deep Roots

Ten Objections to Women Priests

The Church's Consensus on Women and the Priesthood

Why Women Were Never Priests
Priestesses in the Church by C.S. Lewis
The Priesthood in England - Part 1
The Priesthood in England - Part 2
The Priesthood in England - Part 3
The Priesthood in England - Conclusion
The Priesthood and Genesis
Blood Guilt and Christ's Priesthood
Ruler-Priests of Genesis

Growing Consensus that Women's Ordination Must Be Addressed

Women Priests

Luther Was Wrong About the Priesthood
More Thoughts on the Priesthood
Rethinking "Biblical Equality"
What's Lost When Women Serve as Priests?
Women Priests and the Anglican Church of North America
Women Priests by E.L. Mascall
Peter Moore on Women Priests

Response to Dr. Peter Moore on Women Priests
Women Priests: History and Theology by Patrick Henry Reardon
The Messianic Priesthood of Jesus
The Royal Priest Lines of Matthew
The Priesthood as Heavenly Ordinance
The Horite Priesthood
Who Was Melchizedek?

Horite Temples
The Shrine City of Nekhen
The Horite Ancestry of Jesus Christ
Who is Jesus?
Tomb of the Ruler-Priest Shepseskaf-ankh

Males as Spiritual Leaders: Two Patterns
Shamanic Practice and the Priesthood

The Priestly Divisions

The Priests of Nazareth

The Daughters of Priests

The Virgin Mary's Priestly Lineage

Edom and the Horites

Horite Priests and the Habiru
Who Were the Habiru?
The Origins of the Priesthood
Abraham and Job: Horite Rulers
Shepherd Priests
The Horite Hebrew Conception of the Priesthood
God as Male Priest