Jerusalem, where he was probably born, was ordained a presbyter in 345, and had the instruction of the catechumens entrusted to him.
Caecilianus (or Caecilius), a presbyter of Carthage, is supposed to have been the instrument of his conversion, which seems to have taken place about 246.
He set himself in opposition to Novatian, a presbyter of Rome, who advocated their permanent exclusion from the church; and it was his influence which guided the tolerant measures of the Carthaginian synods on the subject.
A presbyter or a layman ruled the ordinary monastery, including the bishop or bishops whom the monastery possessed.
There was in this feeling some misapprehension, it may be, arising from the fact of the government of bishops in a monastery by the presbyter abbat, but no doubt the feeling had a good deal of solid substance to go upon.
Even in the Book of Armagh we find that Patrick shewed to his presbyter a wonderful stone altar on a mountain in this region.
And when the heretic presbyter saw it besmeared with ointment he cried out: "With magic arts thou hast thought to protect thyself, that thou hast made use of these salves, but what thou hast done will not avail.
It was bought by a presbyternamed John, who became Gregory VI, A.
About the middle of the third century, Sibellius, a presbyter or bishop of the church in Africa, strongly advocated the doctrine of "trinity in unity" as characterizing the Godhead.
My business seems to be to evangelise,--to be a Presbyter at large.
I have given reasons elsewhere for questioning the separate existence of the Roman presbyter Caius, and for supposing that this dialogue was written by Hippolytus bishop of Portus (Journal of Philology I.
Where the martyr has occasion to speak of a bishop or a presbyter some other designation is used instead.
Gataker died in July, 1654; and Lilly having written in his almanac of that year for the month of August this barbarous Latin verse:-- Hoc in tumbo jacet presbyter et nebulo!
The whole conduct in the preparation and instruction of the Presbyter and Regens is directed to this point.
I conclude this account of the degree of Presbyter with remarking, that there were two copies of it employed occasionally.
The consequence was that, on the eve of the meeting of Convocation, the Bishop who was to be at the head of the Upper House became the personal enemy of the presbyter whom the government wished to see at the head of the Lower House.
Perhaps no simple presbyter of the Church of England has ever possessed a greater authority over his brethren than belonged to Sherlock at the time of the Revolution.
On his return to Palestine he was ordained presbyterby the bishop of Eleutheropolis, and became the president of a monastery which he founded near his native place.
When several priests were attached to the same church, only the first, or principal one, had the title; he alone was the presbyter cardinalis.
Negotiations had reached this point when new visitors arrived, the Bishop of Surrentum andpresbyter Joannes.
Here, whilst voices of lamentation sounded from without, Leander made known to the prelate and the presbyter the terms of the will.
Having said this, Petronilla became for a time calmer; but her sufferings increased, and suddenly she bade summon the presbyter of St. Cecilia's church.
The presbyter asked eagerly for Roman news, and cautiously concerning King Totila, whom it was evident he regarded with no very hostile feeling.
He learnt that physicians were with the sick lady, and that the presbyter of St. Cecilia, for whom she had sent in the early morning, remained by her side.
I should have mentioned,' he said, averting his look, 'that the presbyter Andreas and his poor will not be forgotten.
Presently the door opened, and in the dim lamp-light appeared the presbyter Andreas, stepping softly.
Much agitated, the prelate made answer that a fitting residence should be prepared for her before noon, and the presbyter Andreas added that he would instantly betake himself to the city on that business.
Had he sought strength and solace from the reverend presbyter of Surrentum, his spiritual father in this district?
The latter is a historic character, spoken of by Polycarp, who lived about this time, and was a Presbyterin the church; and it is evident that Irenaeus seeks to confound the Apostle with him.
As much as to say to the objecting philosophers, If you have proved that one John in Asia was the Presbyter John, we prove by Papias that there were two, and that one of them was the Apostle.
What Presbyter John says on this subject is here worthy of notice.
He says he never conversed with John, but with the elders, and that he was a hearer of Presbyter John, and so was Polycarp.
And the same Papias of whom we now speak professes to have received the declarations of the Apostles from those that were in company with them, and says also that he was a hearer of Aristion and the Presbyter John.
In a late journey into the East, he had admired the sermons of John, a native and presbyter of Antioch, whose name has been distinguished by the epithet of Chrysostom, or the Golden Mouth.
Valesius alleges several testimonies to confirm this character; to which I shall add the evidence of the presbyter Constantine, (A.
Is it your wish, then, Presbyter John Owen, to dedicate your only son to this ministry?
Presbyter John Owen rose from the row of seats assigned to the forty-eight, and moved hesitatingly towards the platform.
I, presbyter John, found this account written in Coptic in the cell of a hermit near Naukratis, and, knowing Coptic, I translated it into Greek.
