| The commissioner gave permission for organizing presbyters ' meetings or for reproducing scarce printed materials. |
| The two orders are equal in status, with presbyters and deacons each serving a distinct role in the ministry of the Methodist Church. |
| We set apart a Bishop to his work by a joint laying on of hands of a Bishop and the presbyters. |
| The deacon is defined in relation to bishops and presbyters, helping as a minister of word, liturgy, and charity. |
| The Puritan-founded Massachusetts colonies opposed presbyters almost as much as the pope. |
| As in the West, baptism was delegated to presbyters, but so, too, was the chrismation rite. |
