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The Phineas Priesthood, also called Phineas Priests, are American domestic terrorists who adhere to the ideology which was set forth in the 1990 book Vigilantes of Christendom: The Story of the Phineas Priesthood by Richard Kelly Hoskins.[1]
The Phineas Priests are not an organization, and it has no discernible leadership or institutional structure. For ideological adherents, a "Phineas Priest" is someone who commits a "Phineas action" – meaning the person follows the example of Phineas, a Hebrew man who was rewarded by God for killing an interfaith couple, according to the Old Testament. The term "Phineas action" is broadly used by white supremacists, as a term for murders of interracial couples and as a term for attacks on Jewish people, members of other non-white ethnic groups, "multiculturalists," and anyone else who they consider their enemy.[2]
- ^ "Extremism in America: Richard Kelly Hoskins". Anti-Defamation League. 2005. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Phineas Priesthood". Archived from the original on 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-01-06.