A Handbook of Church History - Chapter V - Series: 3 - 1973

Dean C Blackwell

Quoting again from Jones: Their elders and officers do not appear distinguished from their brethren by dress or names. No reverends! No Rabbis, Holy fathers! They don't have a collar turned backward. Every Christian was considered capable in a certain measure, of instructing others, and of confirming the brethren by exhortation. Notice that! The Bible says in Hebrews 10, exhort each other and more as you see the day approaching. Their elders were the seniors of the brethren, while the presbyters were the whole body of the teachers, whether fixed or itinerate. Their rules of practice were by literal interpretation of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library