Acts 14:23 (WEB)
When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Such an one is in reality a presbyter of the Church, and a true minister (deacon) of the will of God, if he do and teach what is the Lord’s; not as being ordained by men, nor regarded righteous because a presbyter, but enrolled in the presbyterate because righteous.” — editor's note: Or, “elected”—χειροτονούμενος. Acts xiv. 23, “And when they had ordained (χειροτονήσαντες) them elders in every church.” A different verb (καθίστημι) is used…
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Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.13.