Talk:Presbyter

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Should mention something about the marrital status of presbyters throughout history and churches/denominations. Doc 07:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

That's in clerical celibacy. —Preost ^{talk contribs} 00:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

This article appears to have substantial Greek Orthodox POV. I notice that it is almost word for word found in the Orthowiki. It is also not in agreement with articles in other off-line encyclopedias. In particular the conclusion that the term was equivalent to other terms is not verifiable. At best what might be verifiable is that there was a rank progression perhaps from deacon to presbyter to bishop and that a person who was a presbyter might also be a deacon and a person who was a bishop might also be a presbyter and deacon. But the fact that these different offices are clearly mentioned indicates that there was some sort of difference between them. This article ignores that. --Blue Tie 15:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree Blue Tie. There is significant room for interpretation of 'presbyter'. If this article is supposed to be complete, I recommend that several major definitions of presbyter be provided. (Gaytan 23:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Respectfully, I must disagree

"In modern usage, it is distinct from bishop and synonymous with priest, pastor, elder, or minister in various Christian denominations". An elder doesn't have to be a minister or a priest in a Presbyterian or Anglican system. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:03, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's All Greek to Me

I don't have the knowledge to do this, but it would be nice if someone could add the Greek characters of "presbyteros". Adam_sk (talk) 06:14, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. The Cat and the Owl (talk) 06:35, 13 July 2008 (UTC)