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deacon

In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, an ordained minister who ranks immediately below a priest. In the Protestant churches, a deacon is in training to become a minister or is a lay assistant.



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Martimort's work has been the primary source for those who vigorously oppose women's ordination to the deaconate as an authentically sacramental rite.
Jeannine Olson provides a useful overview of the Calvinist deaconate, its various forms, and its ultimate fate.
Floyd Hohman, a farmer and student for the permanent deaconate who lives 50 miles southeast of Toledo, meanwhile developed a rural life ministry project that established relationships between livestock producers and the soup kitchens feeding the hungry.
 
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