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90:5.4 The [[priests]] evolved from [[shamans]] up through [[oracles]], diviners, singers, [[dancers]], weathermakers, guardians of religious [[relics]], [[temple]] custodians, and foretellers of [[events]], to the status of actual directors of religious [[worship]]. [[Eventually]] the office became hereditary; a continuous [[priestly]] [[caste]] arose.

90:5.4 The [[priests]] evolved from [[shamans]] up through [[oracles]], diviners, singers, [[dancers]], weathermakers, guardians of religious [[relics]], [[temple]] custodians, and foretellers of [[events]], to the status of actual directors of religious [[worship]]. [[Eventually]] the office became hereditary; a continuous [[priestly]] [[caste]] arose.

90:5.5 As [[religion]] evolved, [[priests]] began to specialize according to their innate [[talents]] or special predilections. Some became singers, others prayers, and still others sacrificers; later came the [[orators]]—preachers. And when [[religion]] became institutionalized, these [[priests]] claimed to "hold the keys of heaven."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_16]

90:5.5 As [[religion]] evolved, [[priests]] began to specialize according to their innate [[talents]] or special predilections. Some became singers, others prayers, and still others sacrificers; later came the [[orators]]—preachers. And when [[religion]] became institutionalized, these [[priests]] claimed to "hold the keys of heaven."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_16]

90:5.6 The [[priests]] have always sought to impress and awe the common people by conducting the religious [[ritual]] in an [[ancient]] [[tongue]] and by sundry magical passes so to [[mystify]] the [[worshipers]] as to enhance their own [[piety]] and [[authority]]. The great [[danger]] in all this is that the [[ritual]] tends to become a substitute for [[religion]].

90:5.6 The [[priests]] have always sought to impress and awe the common people by conducting the religious [[ritual]] in an [[ancient]] [[tongue]] and by sundry magical passes so to [[mystify]] the [[worshipers]] as to enhance their own [[piety]] and [[authority]]. The great [[danger]] in all this is that the [[ritual]] tends to become a substitute for [[religion]].

90:5.9 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

90:5.9 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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