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Calvin resisted the monopoly that the Roman priesthood exercised over the church, but his reformation did not fundamentally unmoor the church from clericalism rooted in empire. If Jesus alone is the “great high priest,” why have we ceded ministry to “ordained clergy”? How does such ecclesiastical patriarchy lead to unwitting service to empire, both in Constantine’s time and now? How can we truly propel the church into a robust priesthood of all believers in a socially networked world?