Nah! It’s just etymology. I don’t think the concept of bird has changed much since the Lancashire Poet called them Bryddes 600 years ago or less.
That’s not to say that the idea hasn’t changed. I’m am suggesting that in the face of anti-catholic complaints about priests at least they held onto the word.
Mind you, what we really need to look at for either side is the word “sacerdos,” and I guess I will someday.
How’ve you been? How’s them hosses and the family?
The hosses are fine. We just joined a small church...still Southern Baptist. The pastor went to a Presbyterian seminary, but he agrees that God loves every person, wants them to convert, and grieves that they do not - which is good enough for me.
I’ve tended to avoid the religion threads because most of the posters are the same ones, and I think we harm the cause of Christ when we focus too much on our differences and not on what unites us. Jesus is Lord, and there has never been a time nor will be a time when He is not Lord. God’s grace and the sacrifice of his only begotten son makes possible our redemption from sin. We are saved from our sin, and compelled by the new life within to seek obedience to God.
Our many theological differences will be settled in God’s time by God, probably by showing us we didn’t understand what we were questioning, or asked from bad motives.
I’ll pray from time to time for those I’ve debated, but won’t post a lot. May God bless you richly and deeply and bring you safely home!