Deacons, Deaconesses and the Minor Orders in the Patristic Period
Writers in the early centuries of the Christian era were accustomed to employ the term διάκονος with either the masculine or the feminine definite article. In the former case it is to be translated ‘deacon’ and in the latter ‘female deacon’ or ‘deaconess’. This usage suggests a close relationship, i...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1963
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 1963, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
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