[Mrs. Don-o]

Somebody needs to jump in here who knows more than I do, but as I've heard it, even when diakonos was used in old texts with a female reference it meant either the wife of a diakonos (deacon, male) or the equivalent of a catechist who taught, counseled and baptized women and children, i.e. not an ordained clerical role.

As I've heard it said.

[Paulie]

First, I very likely do not know more than you do.

That said, I’m pretty sure you are correct.

[FormerLib]

You are correct that the term deacon described different roles for men and women. The liberal radicals are trying to sell the idea that they were one and the same, which simply is not true.