“Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels… God above confirms what priests do here below.” ~ St. John Chrysostom

“For the priestly office is indeed discharged on earth, but it ranks among heavenly ordinances; and very naturally so: for neither man, nor angel, nor archangel, nor any other created power, but the Paraclete Himself, instituted this vocation, and persuaded men while still abiding in the flesh to represent the ministry of angels.” ~ St. […]