As in the West, baptism was delegated to presbyters, but so, too, was the chrismation rite. |
Ordinary presbyters are in turn overseen by a superintendent, who is the most senior minister in a circuit. |
It tells us that heaven's worship features white robed presbyters, choral and instrumental music, and incense. |
The deacon is defined in relation to bishops and presbyters, helping as a minister of word, liturgy, and charity. |
In the Lutheran churches with which Anglicans are now in full communion, confirmation-laying on of hands-has historically been administered by presbyters. |
The relatively recent controversial permissions to remarry the divorced and make women presbyters arguably had biblical warrant, though minorities disputed this. |