The Persians may have experimented initially with ruling Yehud as a Dividic client-kingdom under descendants of Jehoiachin, but by the mid – 5th century BCE Yehud had become in practice a theocracy, ruled by hereditary High Priests and a Persian-appointed governor, frequently Jewish, charged with keeping order and seeing that tribute was paid.

: In the Man-Kzin Wars novel Destiny's Forge, it is revealed that the Black Priests, a powerful cult within the Patriarchy whose members all have completely black pelts, have been responsible for the breeding program to isolate the telepath gene and preserve kzinrret subsapience.

On Kzinhome, however, the czrav and forest nomad prides, outcasts from mainstream Kzinti culture, never accepted the Black Priests, and in consequence have fully sentient kzinrretti, although this fact is a carefully held secret.

Priests and priestesses have existed since the earliest of times and in the simplest societies.

The song is about a dystopian futuristic society in which the arts, particularly music, have been suppressed by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx.

Noting that the invaders have allowed the free practice of religion ( the better to pacify their slaves ), the Americans set up a church of their own and begin acting as " Priests of Mota " ( Mota is atom spelled backwards ) in order to build a resistance movement — which Major Ardmore, the protagonist of the book, refers to as the Sixth Column ( as opposed to a traitorous fifth column ).

Priests ( also called presbyters ) may ( or may not ) have the title of archpriest, protopresbyter ( also called " protopriest ", or " protopope "), hieromonk ( a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood ) archimandrite ( a senior hieromonk ) and Hegumen ( abbot ).

Regardless of their type, all Gohonzon issued by Nichiren Shoshu have been consecrated by one of the successive High Priests in an " Opening of the Eyes Ceremony ", conducted in the Dai-Gohonzon's sanctuary, and thus have the same power, as defined by Nichiren Daishonin himself in his Gosho " The Four Debts of Gratitude ".

Priests have to concentrate on the word on God and not on popularity contests.

From Apostolic times there have been three Orders of Ministers in the Church of God: Bishops, Priests and Deacons.

" Other evangelical writers have been more positive towards the book: James B. Jordan, for example, argues that while 1 Maccabees " was written to try and show the Maccabean usurpers as true heirs of David and as true High Priests " and is a " wicked book ," a " far more accurate picture of the situation is given in 2 Maccabees.

Some Priests associated with Liberation Theology have even joined and fought with armed guerrillas, Camilo Torres, for instance, joined and fought with the ELN ( National Liberation Army ) in Colombia and died in combat.

Priests in monastic and mendicant religious orders that have their own habits ( Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, etc.

* In World Of Warcraft, " Priests " have the ability to use the spell " Levitate " with the tooltip: " Allows the friendly party or raid target to levitate, floating a few feet above the ground ".

Memoirs of Missionary Priests and other Catholics of both sexes that have Suffered Death in England on Religious Accounts from the year 1577 to 1684 ( Manchester, 1803 ) vol.

With the following words on 16 June 2009, Benedict XVI officially marked the beginning of the year dedicated to priests, "… On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy –, I have decided to inaugurate a ‘ Year for Priests ’ in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the dies natalis of John Mary Vianney, the Patron Saint of parish priests worldwide …"

A Priests Quorum can have a maximum of 48 members, so Priests Quorums are rarely split, even in the largest wards.

Priests also have all the duties and authority of a Teacher and a Deacon.

Priests have the ability to hold a Mass, which gives all present worshippers of the Trinity 50k experience.

High Priests have all the abilities of a Minister, and may also excommunicate members.

Some men in the tradition have the honor of being named " High Priests.

Priests can perform an AoE fear every 30 seconds and they have the ability to Mind Control enemies.

The Constitutional amendments of 1992 recognized forms of non-socialist property ( joint ventures, corporations, other economic associations ) and provided for non-discrimination based on religious belief ( for example, persons with religious belief may now join the Cuban Communist Party, although Cuban Priests have commented this is merely a ' token ' gesture, and in reality, the ability of religious persons to join the Party is limited and fraught with difficulty ).

He learned theurgy from Maximus of Ephesus, a student of Iamblichus ; his system bears some resemblance to the Neoplatonism of Plotinus ; Polymnia Athanassiadi has brought new attention to his relations with Mithraism, although whether he was initiated into it remains debatable ; and certain aspects of his thought ( such as his reorganization of paganism under High Priests, and his fundamental monotheism ) may show Christian influence.

In his message " The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word " to priests for the 44th World Communications Day ( 16 May 2010 ), Pope Benedict XVI called for them to become digital citizens and engage with the information society, saying, " Priests stand at the threshold of a new era: as new technologies create deeper forms of relationship across greater distances, they are called to respond pastorally by putting the media ever more effectively at the service of the Word .... Who better than a priest, as a man of God, can develop and put into practice, by his competence in current digital technology, a pastoral outreach capable of making God concretely present in today ’ s world and presenting the religious wisdom of the past as a treasure which can inspire our efforts to live in the present with dignity while building a better future?

Priests swore allegiance to Lutheranism or found new employment.

The Complete Canal Priests of Mars restores all of the original text and has new illustrations throughout.

Priests and priestesses of the new goddess of magic were told the story of Karsus in dreams and visions when they prayed for

As president of the Priests Quorum, he is responsible for new member baptisms and missionary work in the ward.

The Priests make their living from transportation and logistics ( they run a livery stable ), and grandfather and grandson both sense that this new invention will have a powerful effect on their lives.

Rockne was frustrated with the slow and cautious Holy Cross Priests and their decision making process about spending money on the new stadium.

He participated in congresses and conferences, founded new houses of the Priests, and heard confessions for long hours at a time.

Priests from St. John Baptiste deLasalle in North Wilkesboro served the people in this new parish.

It was established by the Roman Catholic Priests from the Congregation of Holy Cross because of the crisis in the education sector of the new born East Pakistan.

Priests spread out over Saaremaa to preach Christ and banish Tharapita.

Later, a line of Judges ( who were not kings as they only had the power to provide insight to the people and not to take action to enforce their rulings ) was created alongside the line of High Priests created by Moses through Aaron.

Priests or ministers & choirs wear red vestments, and in modern times, the custom has extended to the lay people of the congregation wearing red clothing in celebration as well.

Other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark ; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way ; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women, and various lay people of different ranks and positions.

Davies comments that the Christian begins from the confession of Jesus as Lord – Jesus who is sovereign over the individual ’ s relation to the state, “ we must understand the state in the context of the command to love one ’ s neighbour .” He had earlier quoted from an article on ‘ Priests and Socialism in Chile ’ written in 1971 by Maruja Echegoyen: “ Loving one ’ s neighbour, which is the first commandment by definition, today means working to destroy the structures that can destroy my neighbour, the people, the poor ”.

" Mignet, however, quotes the marquis de Ferrières, " Priests, and especially bishops employed all the resources of fanaticism to excite the people, in town and country, against the civil constitution of the clergy ", and points out that Bishops ordered the priests no longer to perform divine service in the same church with the constitutional priests.

Through his poetry circle, known as Karin ' en ( Grove of Poetry ), an amalgam of people, including Shinto and Buddhist Priests, low-to mid-ranking courtiers, and women in the court who shared their writings.

Few years ago the Hindu Brahman pujaris ( Ayyagarlu, Priests ) hesitated to attend Mala marriages, children naming ceremonies and other functions in Mala people homes.

Except in the case of celebrations of the Mass that are scheduled by the ecclesiastical authorities to take place in the language of the people, Priests are always and everywhere permitted to celebrate Mass in Latin.

The Order of the Dragon Priests, who had dedicated themselves to the preservation of the last of the Pure Gold Draconium STAR-CLASS Dragons, warned the people that if the dragons were not respected and freed then there would come a time when the dragons would rise against them.

He said that Roman Catholic " Priests are broken, shattered, tragic, sad, disconnected people ; no past, no present, no future.

Priests and Brahmins unhappy with his social inclusion of lower caste people in the temple try to destroy his writings.

Parish Priests of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon are in charge of the spiritual and pastoral needs of the people of Rapu-Rapu.

Priests should often preach to their people ; they must not marry or baptize the faithful of other dioceses.

* Priests of the Latin Rite can freely choose between the 1962 Roman Missal and the later edition " in Masses celebrated without the people ".