But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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Victorinus of Pettau
AD 303
"] That is to say, a Church of all believers; as also the Apostle Peter says: "A holy nation, a royal priesthood."