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To: tellw; PAR35

The Greek word transliterated 'deacon' or 'deaconess' simply means servant. Whether or not that is an office of the church should be evaluated on context.


20 posted on 07/02/2005 5:45:45 AM PDT by Sloth (History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
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To: Sloth
The Greek word transliterated 'deacon' or 'deaconess' simply means servant. Whether or not that is an office of the church should be evaluated on context.

I'll have to agree with you on that statement.

23 posted on 07/02/2005 9:10:34 AM PDT by PAR35
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