[metmom]

That’s pretty lame!

Christ also made the same admonition regarding the term rabbi, which translates “teacher”.

Is the NEA aware of your objection?

But nobody uses the term *teacher* as an address by saying *Teacher Smith* but we do see Catholics calling their priests something like *Father Smith*.

There's a world of different between the word being a common noun and a title of address.

Jesus was talking about addressing others with the title of *Father* and Catholics go into Olympic grade verbal and semantic contortions to justify disobeying the clear concise command of Jesus to not call religious leaders by the title of *Father*.

[boatbums]

And we won't even get into:

Your Eminence
The Most Reverend
His Excellency
Your Excellency
The Right Reverend
His Holiness
Your Holiness
The Reverend Monsignor
The Very Reverend