---
title: 'The Presbyterian Diaconate'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Jacob Amos Lefevre'
date: 1881-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- '1 Timothy 3'
- 'Acts 6'
- 'Titus 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lefevre-1881-the-presbyterian-diaconate
---

# The Presbyterian Diaconate

Argues that in Presbyterian polity the presbyterial office comprehends the diaconate, using logical distinctions of intension vs. extension; includes an opening note on God's righteousness.

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