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To: MarkBsnr
Well, there are deacons, as Scripture indicates; there are presbuteros (priests) as Scripture indicates, and there are ekklesia (bishops) as Scripture indicates. I'm not sure of your objections.

Presbuteros does not mean priest...It means 'elder'...Elder does not mean priest...And priest does not mean elder...

Heb 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.

πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
pres-boo'-ter-os
Comparative of πρέσβυς presbus (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specifically an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian “presbyter”: - elder (-est), old.

Heb 7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

ἱερεύς
hiereus
hee-er-yooce'
From G2413; a priest (literally or figuratively): - (high) priest.

When folks are called Presbuteras, they are called elders, not priests...Priests are Hiereus...

There are no priests in the Christian church...

1,336 posted on 04/25/2010 12:44:55 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
There are no priests in the Christian church...

Well, to be fair, there is the One...

There is only ONE priest of the order of Melchizedek. and Melchizedek is the only order standing before God.

His Name is Jesus

1,346 posted on 04/25/2010 1:44:31 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit)
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To: Iscool
When folks are called Presbuteras, they are called elders, not priests...Priests are Hiereus...

Tell me more. And then tell me about the transition to Church practices.

1,388 posted on 04/25/2010 8:53:08 AM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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