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Definition of Presbyters
1. presbyter [n] - See also: presbyter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presbyters
Literary usage of Presbyters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"Yet as late as the third century, the presbyters still maintained their own
footing, as a college of counsellors, at the side of the bishops, and the latter ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"Since the presbyters constituted a deliberative assembly, it would of course soon
become the practice for one of their number to preside over the rest. ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"Since the presbyters constituted a deliberative assembly, ... designated by the
special name of Επίσκοπος, and thus distinguished from the other presbyters. ..."
4. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1870)
"From these passages it is concluded that presbyters might ordain without bishops.
The commentaries which go under the name of St. Ambrose say that, ..."
5. Christian Archaeology by Charles Wesley Bennett (1888)
"This lias been cited by some to show his belief in the equality of bishops and
presbyters. But this view does not coin- port with the general teaching and ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"The public functions of religion were solely intrusted to the established ministers
of the church, the bishops and the presbyters ; two appellations which, ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"_In some congregations, lastly, as in those of Asia Minor, the presbyters may
have enjoyed particular honor for the special reason that they had known ..."
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"And also if any follower of the presbyters happened to come, I would inquire for
the sayings of the presbyters, what Andrew said, or what Peter said, ..."
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