thou shalt come to the Priests of the Levitical race and to the judge, …. “If there be a hard matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy, …. All matters of religious controversy were referred to this tribunal and in the last resort to the High Priest, whose decision was enforced under pain of death. In the Jewish Church there were Priests and Levites ordained to minister at the altar and there was, also, a supreme ecclesiastical tribunal, with the High Priest at its head. Consequently, to be true followers of Christ all Christians, both among the clergy and the laity, must be in communion with the See of Rome, where Peter rules in the person of his successor.īefore coming to any direct proofs on this subject state that, in the Old Law, the High Priest appointed by Almighty God filled an office analogous to that of Pope in the New Law. The Catholic Church teaches, that our Lord conferred on Saint Peter the first place of honor and jurisdiction in the government of His whole Church, and that the same spiritual supremacy has always resided in the Popes, or Bishops of Rome, as being the successors of Saint Peter.

Hail mary in latin direct translation