Questions tagged [elders]
A person holding a particular position of responsibility in a Christian group
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Does Catholicism confound the role of "elder" and "priest"?
I am somewhat interested in joining the Roman Catholic Church, but there are some things that I've had to further investigate, one of which is the role of "elder" and "priest" in the Roman Catholic ...
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History of the age restrictions in the Priesthood in the LDS Church
In the LDS Church, some offices in the Priesthood have minimum age requirements:
A deacon must be at least 12 years old
A teacher must be at least 14 years old
A priest must be at least 16 years old
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Does the Catholic word Priest actually mean "Presbyter?" Or is it a conflation of roles?
The problem as I understand it is a combining of roles.. not confounding or mixing but fusing the roles into something different. The role of the priest doesn't seem to match the role of the ...
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Confusing argument from GotQuestion (Calvinist) about 24 Elders [closed]
I read from this link:
A. Some people believe these twenty-four elders represent Israel,
but at the time of this vision, Israel as a whole nation had not yet been redeemed.
B. The elders ...
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How trained are the elders in the Jehovah's Witness denomination?
Jehovah's Witnesses are known to have no pastors or priests, because having pastors or priests would go against their theology. Instead, they have "elders". From an outsider's perspective, elders ...
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Does the Evangelical Free Church allow women elders?
I'm a member of an Evangelical Free church and one of the members of my Sunday school class made an impassioned plea for us to nominate several women to be elders. Currently our church has no women ...
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What is the difference, if any, between elders and priests in the LDS church?
Inspired by this other question which asks about how there are quite a few priests in the Mormon church.
In my case most (if not all) of the Mormons that I have met all had a lapel that identified ...
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Why do Mormons use the term "elder" for their missionaries?
Most of the Mormon missionaries I've encountered are young men doing a couple year stint. They are typically identified as "elders", but my understanding is that this designation is only temporary ...
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Can Elders of a church be young? [closed]
I am referring to 'Elders' in the sense of 1 Timothy 5:17 (NIV) :
17 The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and ...
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What is the Biblical basis for requiring someone to have faithful children to become an elder?
Just had an enlightening chat with a preacher of a faith I'm not familiar with. When I congratulated him on his new pastorship, he corrected me saying that he wasn't a pastor, and among other things ...
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Are Catholic Bishops the successors of the Apostles alone or the Elders too?
In researching my answer for this question I started to think about the doctrine that the Bishops are the successors of the Apostles as being a bit unfair to the other folks. For instance, if St. ...
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What is the difference between "Elder led" and "Elder ruled"?
In the church government and polity documents (as well as the myriad of meta discussion on the internet) for various Protestant traditions it is common to find either the term "Elder led" or "Elder ...
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