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Deaconess

Deaconess Rom 16:1, 3, 12; Phil 4:2, 3; 1Tim 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in...

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Deaconess Rom 16:1, 3, 12; Phil 4:2, 3; 1Tim 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).

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