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ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, CONTENT & SCOPE OF THE OFFICE OF ELDERSHIP
There is no more important officer in the Christian Church — – than the Elder. Whatever else Preachers and even Patriarchs and Apostles may be, -they are basically "Elders"1 too. One of the very words for "Elder" — -Presbuteros in the Greek — has given the name ‘Presbyterian to our denomination. Indeed, especially Presbyterianism is unthinkable — without Elders. So too is the Biblical Church — from Genesis to Revelation.
