Threefold Office (Prophet, Priest, King)
Prophet, priest, and king: three anointed roles all fulfilled in Christ
The threefold office holds that Christ fulfills the three anointed vocations of ancient Israel: prophet who reveals God, priest who offers sacrifice and intercedes, and king who reigns. The pattern has patristic roots, noted in Eusebius, but the formal triple-office schema, the munus triplex, was systematized in the Reformation era by John Calvin in his Institutes. It is widely received across traditions as a way to grasp Christ's work.
How it traveled
- HebrewsRome · 67explains
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- Ephraim Syrus: Three HomiliesEdessa · 373explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274explains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564explains
- Seventeen Occasional SermonsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- A History of the Work of RedemptionNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
Key passages(20)
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Ephraim Syrus: Three Homilies · Ephrem the Syrian
Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom · John Chrysostom
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
City of God · Augustine of Hippo