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topic_name = Elder |
subtopics = [[Presbuteros]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
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'''Elder''' is an English translation of the Koine Greek word ''presbuteros'' found in various places in the New Testament.
In some Christian traditions ([[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]], [[Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]], etc.) an ''elder'' is a clergy person who usually serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of Word, [[Sacraments|Sacrament]], and Order, filling the preaching and pastoral offices. In other Christian traditions ([[Calvinism|Presbyterianism]], the [[Baptist|Baptists]], etc.), an ''elder'' is a lay person charged with serving as an administrator in a local church.
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