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What the Fathers say

Exodus 29:22

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Hence under the divine law the priest receives the shoulder for sacrifice, and this the right one and separate; to signify that his action should be not only profitable, but even singular; and that he should not merely do what is right among bad men, but transcend even the well-doers among those that are under him in the virtue of his conduct, as he surpasses them in the dignity of his order.

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 2, Chapter 3 ↗