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Orde sacerdotal
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A Orde sacerdotal, na Igrexa ortodoxa, na Igrexa católica e na Comuñón Anglicana é un sacramento mediante o cal un varón recibe a través da Igrexa un don do Espírito Santo ao servizo da comunidade eclesiástica e de todos os homes consistente na función de ensino, a entrega da vida aos demais en plenitude e, moi particularmente, a consagración da Eucaristía e a administración do sacramento da reconciliación ou penitencia mediante o cal Deus perdoa o pecado a través da asemblea (ecclesia) de crentes.
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Este sacramento é un don e un servizo que implica un cargo e unha función: o sacerdocio especial fronte ao sacerdocio xeral de todo bautizado. Como tal don, o sacerdocio non actúa en virtude dun poder propio do sacerdote ou da súa perfección moral ou virtude persoal, senón como servidor a través do cal, dun xeito singular, se transmite o poder curador e transformador de Cristo. O sacerdote non é un mediador, pois só Cristo o é, pero representa a Cristo nas celebracións litúrxicas, facendo patente a presenza deste no medio da asemblea. Segundo Tomé de Aquino só Cristo é o verdadeiro sacerdote, os demais son ministros seus.