Religious leaders are generally chosen by the higher ups in the hierarchy of the Church and are generally accepted. They are put in place to monitor and evaluate good deeds of their community. They inspire the group and help them in making crucial decisions as well (Johnstone).

There is a twofold hierarchy present in the Church, one of order and one of jurisdiction (Vermeersch). The hierarchy of order holds its power in celebrating the Eucharist, or the Body of Christ; while the hierarchy of jurisdiction reigns over the actual Church.

The rights of the jurisdiction hierarchy include, but are not limited to, the following. They possess the right to construct laws beneficial to the church. Jurisdiction acts as a judge on the observation of these laws. They have the right to enforce obedience and delegate consequences to those who are disobedi

Throughout the remainder of this paper, I will explore a variety of positions throughout the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and try to answer questions of their origins, duties, and jurisdictions.

To pastors who are not parish-priests, the right of assisting at marriages is given by law as to parish-priests. The other rights are usually granted to the pastors by the bishops and defined by law (Young).

The priest is the minister of Divine worship, and especially of the highest act of worship, sacrifice. The word itself stems from "presbyteros," meaning elder and has taken the meaning of "sacerdos" (Hoge). Priests, or their equivalents throughout different religions, exercise exalted sacerdotal functions as intermediaries between man and the Divinity. The priest may be assisted by inferior ministers of many kinds; he may belong to a special class of caste, to a clergy, or else may be like other citizens except in what concerns his sacerdotal functions. He may be a member of a hierarchy, or, on the other hand, may exercise an independent priesthood (Young). Among all these similarities remain some important differences as well. The methods of recruiting the ministers of worship, the rites by which they receive their powers, the authority that establishes them, may all differ. Through and through, one idea is common to all religions: the priest is the person authoritativ!

With the hierarchy of order came what people tend to think of when they are speaking of priests, rectors, etc (Young). Order was present in the form of functions such as prayer, charity and hospitality.

In the Temple at Jerusalem, God recruited them by ranks, which had been called to God to His ritual service to the exclusion of all others. The elders formed a council, but had no sacerdotal power. It was this group who took counsel with the chief priests to capture Jesus. Consequently, the name presbyter (elder) has passed down into Christianity signifying minister of the Divine, or priest (Hoge).

ely appointed to do homage to God in the home of society and to offer Him sacrifice.

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