---
title: 'The Diaconate of Scripture'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Jacob Amos Lefevre'
date: 1881-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 6'
- 'Luke 22'
- '1 Timothy 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lefevre-1881-the-diaconate-of-scripture
---

# The Diaconate of Scripture

Argues from New Testament usage that the diaconate is an official church office of service, intrinsically included in higher offices; pastors and apostles are 'deacons' in function.

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