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To: Kolokotronis

I am not a sister, but since you are so kind to ask, would you comment on the use of hieros and presbyteros in patristic texts? Does it reflect a distinction between a priest effecting a sacrament and a priest as an administrative elder?


431 posted on 06/01/2005 2:14:16 PM PDT by annalex
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To: annalex

In haste, the word hieros usually meant sacred when used by the Fathers. Presbeteros meant then and means now a priest, like the parish priest. The more usual place to find the use of hieros is in hieromonk which means a monk who is a priest or hierodeacon, a monk who is a deacon. In more ancient Greek, interestingly enough, hieros was the word for a pagan priest, not presbyteros. Help any?


444 posted on 06/01/2005 3:14:48 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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