“Just as the people of old, who were called the people of God, were divided into twelve tribes plus the levitical order, and this order itself, which engaged in service of the Divine, was divided into additional priestly and levitical orders, so, I think, all the people of Christ according to "the hidden person of the…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 1.1, 1.10-11
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17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
— Hebrews 7:17 —
18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.