Bible Dictionary: Deaconesses

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Deacons and Deaconesses.
... Section 62. Deacons and Deaconesses. ... Deaconesses, [733] or female helpers, had a
similar charge of the poor and sick in the female portion of the church. ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 62 deacons and deaconesses.htm

On Deacons and Deaconesses, the Rest of the Clergy, and on Baptism ...
... constitutions of the holy apostles. Book III. Sec. II."On Deacons and
Deaconesses, the Rest of the Clergy, and on Baptism. Let ...
/.../constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii on deacons and deaconesses.htm

Letter cv. To the Deaconesses, the Daughters of Count Terentius.
... TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter CV. To the
deaconesses, the daughters of Count Terentius. On coming to ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cv to the deaconesses.htm

Presbytides, as they are Called, or Female Presidents, are not to ...
... Therefore there were only deaconesses in the Church, and even if the oldest among
them were called presbytides,' this term must be clearly distinguished from ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xi presbytides as they.htm

Excursus on the Deaconess of the Early Church.
... It moreover has been suggested that the "widows" of 1 Timothy 5:9 may have been
deaconesses, and this seems not unlikely from the fact that the age for the ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/excursus on the deaconess of.htm

Concerning the Paulianists who have Flown for Refuge to the ...
... Likewise in the case of their deaconesses, and generally in the case of those who
have been enrolled among their clergy, let the same form be observed. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xix concerning the paulianists.htm

Church Government.
... There were also, in the earliest times, women called deaconesses, such as Phoebe,
who is mentioned in the Epistle to the Romans (xvi.1.). These deaconesses ...
/.../chapter xvii church government.htm

The Women of the Apostolic Age
... of the women. Very early in the history of the Church there came into
existence an order of female deacons, or deaconesses. It is ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/ii the women of the.htm

1 Timothy iii. 10-Aug
... He is speaking of those who hold the rank of Deaconesses. Ver.12. ... This [1204]
must be understood therefore to relate to Deaconesses. ...
/.../homily xi 1 timothy iii.htm

Since to Cleave to God by Retiring from the Noise and Turmoil of ...
... her seventeenth year, is to be entered in the order of virgins: nevertheless, having
followed the example respecting widows and deaconesses, analogy and ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xl since to cleave.htm

Thesaurus

Deaconesses (1 Occurrence)
...Deaconesses (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 3:11 Deaconesses, in the same way, must be
sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy. ...
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Deaconess (1 Occurrence)
... an evangelist. Paul clearly recognizes women as deaconesses, but will
not permit a woman to teach (1 Timothy 2:12). The obvious ...
/d/deaconess.htm - 12k

Deacon (4 Occurrences)
... an evangelist. Paul clearly recognizes women as deaconesses, but will
not permit a woman to teach (1 Timothy 2:12). The obvious ...
/d/deacon.htm - 14k

Trustworthy (30 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). 1 Timothy 3:11 Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded
women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy. (WEY NIV). ...
/t/trustworthy.htm - 14k

Euodia (1 Occurrence)
... Possibly, as Lightfoot suggests, they may have been deaconesses in the Philippian
church, but whatever their position in this respect may have been ...
/e/euodia.htm - 10k

Deacons (5 Occurrences)

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Phoebe (1 Occurrence)
... In the later church there was an order of deaconesses for special work among women,
owing to the peculiar circumstances of oriental life, but we have no reason ...
/p/phoebe.htm - 9k

Sober-minded (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:11 Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not
slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy. (WEY). ...
/s/sober-minded.htm - 9k

Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES 1. Mary and Elisabeth 2. Jesus and Women 3. In the Early
Church 4. Official Service 5. Widows 6. Deaconesses IV. ...
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Bible Concordance

Deaconesses (1 Occurrence)

1 Timothy 3:11 Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Deaconesses

Related Terms

Deaconess (1 Occurrence)

Deacon (4 Occurrences)

Trustworthy (30 Occurrences)

Euodia (1 Occurrence)

Deacons (5 Occurrences)

Phoebe (1 Occurrence)