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Section of a fresco in the Niccoline Chapel by Fra Angelico, depicting Saint Peter consecrating the Seven Deacons. Saint Stephen is shown kneeling.. The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to enable the Apostles to concentrate on 'prayer and the Ministry of the Word' and to address a ...
James the Deacon (died after 671), Roman deacon and saint; John the Deacon (disambiguation) Leo the Deacon (c. 950–?), Byzantine Greek historian and chronicler; Nicanor the Deacon (died 76), martyr and one of the Seven Deacons; Nicolas the Deacon, claimed by some of the early Christian Church Fathers to be the author of the heresy and sect of ...
The Greek word diakónissa (διακόνισσα), meaning deaconess, is not found in the Bible. However, one woman, Phoebe, is mentioned at Romans 16:1–2 [8] as a deacon or deaconess (διάκονος, diákonos) of the church in Cenchreae.
Deacon, Archdeacon Apostle of the Seventy Protomartyr of the Faith First Martyr; Born: c. AD 5: Died: 33–36 (aged 27–31) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire: Venerated in: All churches that believe in Sainthood: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Feast: 25 December (Armenian Apostolic Church) 26 December (Western) 27 December, 4 January, 2 August, 15 ...
Two slave women deacons. ministers, deaconesses, maid-servants Bithynia. Pliny's letter c112 The governor, Pliny the Younger, wrote a letter to Emperor Trajan; one of the earliest documents showing persecution of the church by Roman authorities. Pliny wrote he had ordered the torture of two slave women called "ministers" or "deacons" to find ...
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.
The "likewise" could indicate that female deacons are to live according to the same standards as male deacons (see also the Apostle Paul's use of the term "likewise" in Romans 1:27, 1 Cor. 7:3,4,22, and Titus 2:3,6). [11] [12] The predominant view holds that this verse refers not to female deacons, but instead to the wives of deacons. See, for ...
Cardinal deacons derive originally from the seven deacons in the Papal Household who supervised the Church's works in the 14 districts of Rome during the early Middle Ages, when church administration was effectively the government of Rome and provided all social services. They came to be called "cardinal deacons" by the late eighth century, and ...