[Cronos]

CB: I don’t remember saying that it was “only” Catholics.

Cynical bear: Only the Catholics try to make presbuteros into priest.

here's something from www.dictionary.com for ya

Origin: before 900; Middle English prest ( e ), priest, Old English prēost, ultimately < Late Latin presbyter presbyter

And from the Oxford dictionary: Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter 'elder' (see presbyter)

and from webster's dictionary Origin of PRIEST

Middle English preist, from Old English prēost, ultimately from Late Latin presbyter — more at presbyter First Known Use: before 12th century

So, it's not just the "Catholic Church" who says priest is derived from presbuteros -- Cynical bear, this is just one of the wrong beliefs you have about orthodoxy, yes? yes

[CynicalBear]

>>So, it's not just the "Catholic Church" who says priest is derived from presbuteros -- Cynical bear, this is just one of the wrong beliefs you have about orthodoxy, yes? Yes<<

And we all know that Websters never changes the meaning of words to suit the times don’t we?

Gay
3: given to social pleasures; also : licentious
4a : homosexual b : of, relating to, or used by homosexuals

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gay

Does that also mean that you will conform to the modern definition of marriage?

[CynicalBear]

>> So, it's not just the "Catholic Church" who says priest is derived from presbuteros<<

LOL So there are more who don’t care what the meaning of presbuteros meant as it was written by Holy Spirit inspired writers during Biblical times? Go figure.

Trying to make the current day priest into something resembling the Old Testament priests is not a new concept. Many people don’t understand what the true meaning of the office of priest signified. Neither did the Samaritans as evidenced in 2nd Kings.

The false priests of the Catholics surely resemble the false priests of the Samaritans. Curious that.