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Deaconess

Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; This unified study connects 3 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Deaconess

Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 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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