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To: Mad Dawg
The English word 'priest' is derived from the Greek word presbyteros

HaHa...Of course the Greek word presbyteros is translated as 'elder' in the English language but somehow your religion decided priest was derived from the same word...

Apparently then, while the rest of the world knows presbyteros means elder in English, your religion decided it would mean priest, at least in your religion...

The rest of the world knows that there already exists a Greek word for the English word priest, and that is hiereus...

So for you guys, presbyteros means priest...Hiereus means priest...Elder means priest...But priest doesn't really mean priest in the OT sense of the word where priest was pretty much defined... hiereus

43 posted on 06/14/2010 6:41:13 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
But priest doesn't really mean priest in the OT sense of the word where priest was pretty much defined... hiereus

Of course not. Priest means priest in the NEW testament sense of the word, because Christ came. Duh!

44 posted on 06/14/2010 6:55:49 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.)
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