Mesitys
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( 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).
