[Mad Dawg]

The WORD priest evolved from the word presbyter.

In your religion obviously, but not in biblical Christianity...

In any religion, the facts of English etymology are still facts. The English word 'priest' is derived from the Greek word presbyteros, no matter where or whom you worship.

I'm not going to read the rest of a post which starts with trying to make a philological observation into a sectarian slander.

[Iscool]

The English word 'priest' is derived from the Greek word presbyteros

HaHa...Of course the Greek word presbyteros is translated as 'elder' in the English language but somehow your religion decided priest was derived from the same word...

Apparently then, while the rest of the world knows presbyteros means elder in English, your religion decided it would mean priest, at least in your religion...

The rest of the world knows that there already exists a Greek word for the English word priest, and that is hiereus...

So for you guys, presbyteros means priest...Hiereus means priest...Elder means priest...But priest doesn't really mean priest in the OT sense of the word where priest was pretty much defined... hiereus