Universal priesthood (doctrine)

Universal priesthood - Christian doctrine regarding the idea of a priestly ministry attributed to all (baptized) believers, not only clergy. Article “Universal priesthood (doctrine)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Universal priesthood (doctrine)”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 387 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2313 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1808 in September 2018
• Global: #12099 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #18566 in February 2025
• Global: #135627 in October 2010

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		49.0956
2	Indonesian (id) Imamat am orang percaya		47.0912
3	Korean (ko) 만인 제사장		32.6623
4	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		23.8589
5	Russian (ru) Всеобщее священство		20.7036
6	Chinese (zh) 普遍的祭司職分		20.2762
7	Catalan (ca) Sacerdoci universal		19.7876
8	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		18.4266
9	Czech (cs) Všeobecné kněžství		14.533
10	Portuguese (pt) Sacerdócio de todos os crentes		13.8621

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Universal priesthood (doctrine)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		1 070 839
2	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		199 605
3	Polish (pl) Powszechne kapłaństwo wszystkich wierzących		111 583
4	Japanese (ja) 万人祭司		82 958
5	Spanish (es) Sacerdocio de todos los creyentes		80 842
6	Korean (ko) 만인 제사장		79 155
7	Russian (ru) Всеобщее священство		70 094
8	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		66 892
9	Portuguese (pt) Sacerdócio de todos os crentes		59 495
10	Chinese (zh) 普遍的祭司職分		32 954

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Universal priesthood (doctrine)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		4 515
2	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		549
3	Korean (ko) 만인 제사장		339
4	Spanish (es) Sacerdocio de todos los creyentes		318
5	Chinese (zh) 普遍的祭司職分		291
6	Finnish (fi) Yleinen pappeus		290
7	Japanese (ja) 万人祭司		283
8	Russian (ru) Всеобщее священство		242
9	Simple English (simple) Universal priesthood (doctrine)		223
10	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		209

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Universal priesthood (doctrine)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		149
2	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		69
3	Korean (ko) 만인 제사장		29
4	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		24
5	Russian (ru) Всеобщее священство		17
6	Polish (pl) Powszechne kapłaństwo wszystkich wierzących		13
7	Finnish (fi) Yleinen pappeus		11
8	Spanish (es) Sacerdocio de todos los creyentes		10
9	Japanese (ja) 万人祭司		9
10	Swedish (sv) Allmänna prästadömet		9

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Universal priesthood (doctrine)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		1
2	Indonesian (id) Imamat am orang percaya		1
3	Catalan (ca) Sacerdoci universal		0
4	Czech (cs) Všeobecné kněžství		0
5	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Universala pastraro		0
7	Spanish (es) Sacerdocio de todos los creyentes		0
8	Finnish (fi) Yleinen pappeus		0
9	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		0
10	Japanese (ja) 万人祭司		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Universal priesthood (doctrine)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Priesthood of all believers		1 218
2	Polish (pl) Powszechne kapłaństwo wszystkich wierzących		197
3	Finnish (fi) Yleinen pappeus		165
4	Portuguese (pt) Sacerdócio de todos os crentes		150
5	German (de) Priestertum aller Gläubigen		125
6	Chinese (zh) 普遍的祭司職分		123
7	Japanese (ja) 万人祭司		74
8	Korean (ko) 만인 제사장		58
9	Swedish (sv) Allmänna prästadömet		49
10	French (fr) Sacerdoce universel		42

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Sacerdoci universal
cs	Czech Všeobecné kněžství
de	German Priestertum aller Gläubigen
en	English Priesthood of all believers
eo	Esperanto Universala pastraro
es	Spanish Sacerdocio de todos los creyentes
fi	Finnish Yleinen pappeus
fr	French Sacerdoce universel
id	Indonesian Imamat am orang percaya
ja	Japanese 万人祭司
ko	Korean 만인 제사장
pl	Polish Powszechne kapłaństwo wszystkich wierzących
pt	Portuguese Sacerdócio de todos os crentes
ru	Russian Всеобщее священство
simple	Simple English Universal priesthood (doctrine)
sv	Swedish Allmänna prästadömet
uk	Ukrainian Усезагальне священнство
zh	Chinese 普遍的祭司職分

Best Rank

Simple English: #18566 02.2025

Global: #135627 10.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #1808 09.2018

Global: #12099 02.2003

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