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==References == | <p> ( '''''Μεσίτης''''' , i.e. [[Mediator]] ) was the name given to a presbyter while engaged in discharging the function s of the Eucharist. This was considered by the ancient Church as the highest point of a presbyter's dignity and office. The appellation was very properly censured by [[Augustine]] as derogating from the dignity and office of the true and only Mediator of the [[Christian]] covenant ( ''Contr. Parmen'' . lib. ii, c. 8; comp. ''De Civ. Dei,'' lib. ix, c. 15). This word also denoted the middle rank occupied by the presbyter betweenthe bishop and deacon. See Riddle, Christian [[Antiquities]] (see Index). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_50913"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mesitys Mesitys from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_50913"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mesitys Mesitys from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Mesitys [1]
( Μεσίτης , i.e. Mediator ) was the name given to a presbyter while engaged in discharging the function s of the Eucharist. This was considered by the ancient Church as the highest point of a presbyter's dignity and office. The appellation was very properly censured by Augustine as derogating from the dignity and office of the true and only Mediator of the Christian covenant ( Contr. Parmen . lib. ii, c. 8; comp. De Civ. Dei, lib. ix, c. 15). This word also denoted the middle rank occupied by the presbyter betweenthe bishop and deacon. See Riddle, Christian Antiquities (see Index).
