13 sentences with 'priests'
Example sentences and phrases with the word priests and other words derived from it.
• « Shamans become healers, seers and priests who accompany the souls of the dead to other worlds. »
• « In turn, the priests were probably the world's first intellectuals, people who use their minds for a living. »
• « Especially in a period like the ancient past, when natural forces - forces like floods and disease - were far more powerful than the ability of humans to control them, the priests were the only people who could offer an explanation. »
• « Political leaders in ancient Mesopotamia appear to have been chosen by both the priests and the warrior elite, with both classes working closely together in governing the cities. »
• « The Egyptians believed that if there was no king or if the priests did not recite the proper prayers, terrible chaos and destruction would reign on earth. »
• « While the royal officials and priests of the gods had significant power and influence during the New Kingdom, the king (now known as the pharaoh) still ruled as a living god. »
• « Historians do not know why he attempted this religious revolution, but one reasonable theory is that he was trying to reduce the power of the priests, who had become increasingly rich and powerful over the centuries at the expense of the pharaohs themselves. »
• « The most important building project under Solomon was the great Temple in Jerusalem, the centre of the Yahwist religion. There, a class of priests performed the rituals and worship of Yahweh. »
• « In other words, the priests of Yahweh did not claim that he ruled over all people, everywhere, only that he was the God of the Hebrews and their land. »
• « In the process, the Yahwist priesthood added the book of Deuteronomy to the ancient sacred writings (the priests claimed to have discovered Deuteronomy, but almost all historians of ancient religion believe that it was simply written at that time). »
• « The conquest of Babylon was surprisingly peaceful; Babylon was divided between the priests of Marduk (the city's patron deity) and the king, who tried to favour the worship of a different goddess. »
• « Various works emerged among the subjects of the Hellenistic kingdoms predicting the downfall of their Greek rulers; Mesopotamian priests, Zoroastrians in Persia and Egyptian religious leaders wrote works of prophecy that claimed that the Greeks were in league with the forces of evil and would eventually be deposed. »