No, it doesn’t mean Father the way that the pagan catholics mean it, not “great one.”
There is no Biblical office of priest, only the pagan office of priest of Mithra/Tammuz.
“No, it doesn’t mean Father the way that the pagan catholics mean it, not “great one.””
Your comment is bizarre and nonsensical. 1) “Dad” means “father”. Period. That’s what it means. When a Catholic, or an Eastern Orthodox, or an Anglican refers to their ministers as “Father” it means “father” not “great one”.
“There is no Biblical office of priest, only the pagan office of priest of Mithra/Tammuz.”
No. There is, of course, a New Testament office of priest. The very word “priest” is from the Greek word “presbuteros” which mean “elder” and appears in every Greek NT manuscript.
To say that the office of priest is from Mithra/Tammuz is ridiculous for several reasons. 1) The fact of what I just mentioned about presbuteros. 2) Mithra and Tammuz are different ancient gods. They are from different time periods, were worshipped by different people and are not even words from the same languages. 3) if you’re basing this on some sort of stupid Hislopian theory, should know that even his former adherents realize he was actually an idiot and often got even basic things wrong. Here’s an example: http://www.ralphwoodrow.org/books/pages/babylon-mystery.html
http://jimmyakin.com/library/the-office-of-new-testament-priest
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/where-in-the-new-testament-are-priests-mentioned