A Short Treatise on Deaconsby James Guthrie (1612?–1661) That we may also understand what doth belong unto deacons, we shall speak of them briefly, after the same order. (1.) Of their name. (2.) Of their institution. (3.) Of their calling. (4.) Of their duty and qualification. Of the Name, Deacon. The word “deacon” [διακονέω, διάκονος], largely taken,… Read More The Duties of Deacons
John Owen The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government, ch. 6. Of the Office of Teachers in the Church, or an Inquiry into the State, Condition, and Work of those called Teachers in the Scripture. The Lord Christ hath given unto his Church pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:11). He “hath set some in… Read More Pastor and Teacher: Distinct Church Offices
Andrew Willet (1562-1621) Commentary Upon the Most Divine Epistle of the Holy Apostle St. Paul to the Romans Quest. 8. Of the office and calling of an Apostle, what it was. 1. The word Apostle is taken, either aequivoce, in an equivocal and improper sense—and either in the better sort, as Andronicus and Junia are… Read More The Office of Apostle
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