I remember the word from elementary school, but not the definition...what's a presbyter (in presbyterian?)
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The Oxford Concise dictionary defines presbyter as: • noun historical 1 an elder or minister of the Christian Church. 2 formal (in Presbyterian Churches) an elder. — DERIVATIVES presbyteral /prezbittrl/ adjective presbyterial adjective. — ORIGIN Greek presbuteros ‘elder’.
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Presbuteros in Koine Greek (the language of the New Testament) means "elder, of age, the elder of two people advanced in life, an elder, a senior forefathers a term of rank or office among the Jews members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God " In terms of the Presbyterian Church, it means that the highest officials in the church are "elders" or ministers, not bishops, as in the Church of England.
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