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To: Rashputin
>>As in, a distinct group set apart from the entire congregation<<

Who, in scripture, are referred to as bishops or elders.

Bishop – episkopos
1. an overseer
a. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent
b. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church
(http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1985)

Elder – meizōn
1. greater, larger, elder, stronger

Priest – hiereus
Never used of church leadership in the New Testament.

565 posted on 01/01/2012 4:44:25 PM PST by CynicalBear
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566 posted on 01/01/2012 4:50:01 PM PST by narses
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