Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Forty-Five
[email protected] (Will-Dockery)
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> George J. Dance wrote: > >> MMP aka 'HarryLime' aka 'Michael Pendragon' aka 'Coco DeSockMonkey' aka 'One Small Voice', etc. wrote: >> >>> 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." > > > Actually, according to the dictionary, "deacon" means: > > : a subordinate officer in a Christian church: such as > a: a Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Orthodox cleric ranking next below a priest > b: one of the laity elected by a church with congregational polity to serve in worship, in pastoral care, and on administrative committees > c: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the lowest grade of the Aaronic priesthood > > > Mallard would be a deacon in the sense of b. > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deacon > It's a shame that MMP cannot use a dictionary, and has to instead rely for his definitions on an AI that he > doesn't even know the name of. Well put, GJD. Brian Mallard is a deacon in the Baptist church, not a minister. As Brian Mallard just texted me: 'Deacon is a supportive position to the pastor." 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