Romans 16:1 (WEB)
I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
Fathers and councils · 2
Theodoret of Cyrus
“For a lady remarkable for her devotion and admitted to the order of deaconesses was an intimate friend of his mother.” — editor's note: The earliest authorities for the order are St. Paul, Rom. xvi. 1, and probably 1 Tim. iii. 11; and Pliny in his letter to Trajan, if ancilla = διάκονος
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First Council of Nicaea (325)
- First Council of Nicaea (325), First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Deaconess of the Early ChurchEditor's excursus
“It has been supposed by many that the deaconess of the Early Church had an Apostolic institution and that its existence may be referred to by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (xvi. 1) where he speaks of Phœbe as being a διάκονος of the Church of Cenchrea.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History III.10.
Cited together in First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Deaconess of the Early Church.
Cited together in First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Deaconess of the Early Church.