Pastor? Priest?

[Hoonbaba]

I'm curious to know:

What's the difference between a pastor and a priest?

God bless!

-Jason

 

[isshinwhat]

They are both functions of a reverend/presbyter/leader/father in the Church, the different titles just stress certain aspects of his ministry. As a pastor, the reverend's duty is to guide his flock and teach them the Way. As a priest...well, St. Paul puts it a whole lot better than I ever could:

Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

This is accomplished especially at Communion.

Neal

 

[VOW]

Hmmm...

I thought "priest" was the person, "pastor" was the assignment at a parish.

You gotta be a priest to be a pastor, but not all priests are pastors.


Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[isshinwhat]

You gotta be a priest to be a pastor, but not all priests are pastors.

Tis true...tis true...

 

[Fr. Rob]

To dive a little more deeply, a Pastor (assuming you mean a Protestant minister) is not ordained in Apostolic Succession. A Presbyter (the greek term, not the Latin corruption) is ordained in Apostolic Succession.

The Apostles laid down the norms for authority in the Church, and selected those who could validly excercise it. They in turn selected others.

Those who appointed themselves and lacked authority are not Presbyters (or Bishops, or Deacons). The Catholic should respect what they are trying to do, and pray that their hearts will be converted to the true faith, so that they will lay aside their fears and personal thoughts, and conform to the faith of the Apostles as expressed in the ancient and primitive Christian Church.

Father Rob
Anglican Catholic
Defender of Apostolic Succession
Presbyter in the Church
Rather annoying guy from time to time ;-)

 

[VOW]

Would somebody please remove that blasphemous Jack Chick @#%#)&%# from this board??????????????


~VOW

 

[KC Catholic]

I got it...

2002 Christian...I have sent you a PM.

 

[VOW]

::: linking arms with KC, directing him to the Pub :::

"Fill his mug, and never let him see the bottom of it!"


Peace (sweet, sweet peace!) be with you,
~VOW

 

[Chili]

Originally posted by VOW
Hmmm...

I thought "priest" was the person, "pastor" was the assignment at a parish.

You gotta be a priest to be a pastor, but not all priests are pastors.


Peace be with you,
~VOW

Sounds right, and if there is more than one priest in one parish only one of them is pastor and the others are priests.

 

[2002 Christian]

VOW, that graphic was NOT from Chick. You are dead wrong.

 

[Wolseley]

2002 Christian, it doesn't matter if it was from the Chickster or not. The point is, it had no business being posted on this forum, period, and any future postings of material of similar ilk will be immediately deleted and followed by appropriate measures if necessary. Case closed.

 

[VOW]

To 2002:

Chick or Chick clone, makes no difference to me. I don't have to pick up a pile of dog excrement and squeeze it through my fingers to tell me what it is. One whiff is enough.


Peace be with you,
~VOW