To: Uncle Chip
There were no priests and therefore no Catholic Church. You do know that the word 'priest' is just a derivative from the word 'presbyter', do you not?
-A8
150 posted on
07/21/2007 11:48:07 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: adiaireton8
You do know that the word 'priest' is just a derivative from the word 'presbyter', do you not? Well that settles it then. The Catholic Church and its priesthood must then be just a derivative of the Presbyterian Church and its presbyters.
158 posted on
07/21/2007 1:31:14 PM PDT by
Uncle Chip
(TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
To: adiaireton8
You do know that the word 'priest' is just a derivative from the word 'presbyter', do you not? From Greek presbyteros, “elder”. The Hebrew word for priest is kohen & in Greek it is hiereus.
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