Jerome
5th century · AD 420 · Pre-Schism Western · 6,666 passages
Translator of the Latin Vulgate and a careful student of the Hebrew text and of place names, history, and words.
In his own words on 2 John
- 2 John 1:1
Originally "presbyters" and "bishops" were the same. When later on one was chosen to preside over the rest, this was done to avoid schism. For apart from ordination, what function is there which belongs to a bishop which does not also belong to a presbyter?
LETTERS 146
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