Thread:TheSquidychicken/@comment-31308946-20170525193032/@comment-31215921-20170602161328

But that concept stems from the proposal by Luther that everyone is part of the universal priesthood, and everyone can go directly to God. Wheras with Catholicism (the other older denominations, the Eastern Orthodox being another example, share this belief), we do not believe that everyone has direct access to God, hence the priest serving as mediator.