-
derives from the Gr****
presbyteros,
which means elder or senior,
although many in
Christian antiquity understood presbyteros to
refer to the
bishop functioning...
- from
bishop and
synonymous with priest. Its
literal meaning in Gr**** (
presbyteros) is "elder".
Through the
sacrament of holy orders, an
ordination to priesthood...
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Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn; Koinē Gr****: Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Gamaliēl ho
Presbýteros), or
Rabban Gamaliel I, was a
leading authority in the
Sanhedrin in the...
-
Church in Rome.
Sources suggest that at first, the
terms episcopos and
presbyteros were used interchangeably, with the
consensus among scholars being that...
- the
tradition is
entrusted to
ordained presbyters; the
clear sense of
presbýteros (Koinē Gr****: πρεσβύτερος, lit. 'elder') as an
indication of an office...
- he was
known as
Cyrus the
Elder (Gr****: Κῦρος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Kŷros ho
Presbýteros).
Cyrus was
particularly renowned among contemporary scholars because...
-
echoes the text of
these books, in
which the
writer refers to
himself ho
presbyteros,
which can be
translated as "the presbyter, "the elder", "the ancient"...
-
early Christian era the term was not
always clearly distinguished from
presbýteros (literally: "elder" or "senior",
origin of the
modern English word priest)...
- glossaries; Ps.-Augustinian sermons, etc.;
Theodulf of Orleans, "Capitula ad
presbyteros;' concilia, charms". Anglo-Saxon M****cripts in
Microfiche Facsimile...
-
English words "priest" or "presbyter" are
derived etymologically from
presbyteros. The New
Testament meaning is
taken by some
scholars as the
Latin word...
