Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Forty-Five
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> Will Dockery wrote: > [email protected] (HarryLime) posted: > >> >> MALLARD. >> >> Mallard is a minister (possibly with the Church of the Holy Barbers) >> > > > No, Mallard is a Deacon of a local Baptist church, not a minister. > > Glad to clear up another misrepresentation of yours, Pendragon. > > "According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a permanent deacon "is an ordained minister of the Catholic Church." https://saintpaulseminary.org/idf/what-is-a-deacon/ According to George J. Dunce's Trusted Source and Only Friend: "A deacon is an ordained minister. In most major Christian groups like the Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican churches, the diaconate is the first official rank of ordained ministry, sitting below priests and bishops." This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709298620#709298620 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655