How do some jusify having a three fold order of church authority given to the church by God instead of only?

Question

two? Before Ignatian came on the scene there were only Bishops and deacons. After Ignatian you have bishops, elders, and deacons. Three other names for bishop are elder, pastor and presbyter. There is no so called seperate higher office of bishop which is over over a so called office of elder when an elder or pastor IS actually a bishop. The Bible says that there are only bishops (also called elders, pastors, or presbytors) and deacons and that is it.

Answer 1

It just developed. Originally, there were just "apostles", the people who had direct experience as Jesus' followers. When they died or as more Christian communities formed, a leadership position had to develop just so churches could communicate among themselves. This was the overseer or "episcopos", who would take care of all the communities spiritual and practical needs, dutifully following Jesus' directive to be the servant of all.

But they couldn't do everything, preaching, feeding, etc. So a new position was appointed, the diakonos ("floater around"), basically acting as extra hands for a busy bishop. And when community decisions needed to be made, the bishop relied on the advice of experienced members of the community, presbyters ("elders").

Remember, everyone expected Jesus to return within days or weeks, so there didn't seem to be a need for much organizational structure. Overseer, floater, elder, that doesn't sound too parliamentary. The fact that these positions appear in the Acts of the Apostles is simply a documentation of history, not necessarily a justification after the fact. Acts wasn't "scripture" when it was first written.

When Christianity became legal in the Fourth Century, membership exploded. Satellite communities developed around the larger cities, too many for one bishop to oversee, yet not distant or distinct enough to be considered separate churches.

The "Presbyter" function began to transform, from casual advisor to delegated representative. As something more than merely respectable laity, the "priests" were granted sacramental faculties and kept in regular communication with their bishop. (The Catholic custom of breaking off a piece of the consecrated bread was originally part of a ritual gesture that literally shared communion between congregations.) And on it went from there.

You will have to determine at what point the historical record went "wrong". Jesus appointed no "deacons" or "bishops". (He didn't suggest any kind of organization at all.) "Presbyteros" and "Episcopos" are clearly two different functions, despite what you claim the Bible says. The designation "priest" is problematic in light of what Paul and the Letter to the Hebrews says, but their original purpose was simply to serve as sub-bishops to preserve some sense of unity and commonwealth among the thousands of small assemblies. They didn't realize how big the Church would get and could only react as humans, delegating authority to keep from being overwhelmed with responsibility.

In the time since, there have been periods of authoritarianism in the more hierarchical denominations. Among the more congregational denominations, there has been a tendecy to isolation or fragmentation. Which is a better way to arrange a church? Are there more important things we should be concerning ourselves with as Christians?

Answer 2

Catholics belive that presbyters (priests) are a different and subordinate office from bishops and have done so for almost 2,000 years.

So we see three biblical levels of ordination:
+ Bishops
+ Priest (Presbyters)
+ Deacons

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

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