Catechism of the Catholic Church §1564 — excerpt
"Whilst not having the supreme degree of the pontifical office, and notwithstanding the fact that they depend on the bishops in the exercise of their own proper power, the priests are for all that associated with them by reason of their sacerdotal dignity; and in…
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Also cites: Innocent I, Epist. ad Decentium: PL 20, 554 A · St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 2, 22: PG 35, 432B