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To: svcw

And the plan met the approval of the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch. These they set before the Apostles, and after they had prayed they laid their hands upon them.
(Acts 6:5-6)


23 posted on 01/22/2013 5:54:22 AM PST by impimp
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To: impimp

That says nothing about bishops or priests.


26 posted on 01/22/2013 8:38:58 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: impimp; svcw

That passage is actually the institution of the diaconate. The offices of “bishop” (overseer) and “priest” (elder) are mentioned a bit later in the NT.


27 posted on 01/22/2013 9:27:22 AM PST by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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