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Could you see the rabbinical leaders in Jerusalem, and Pontius Pilate putting up with a gathering of 8000 people in one location at one time, at that time, right after the death of Christ??
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That is an interesting observation. I have seen Anglicans and others argue against the need for a plurality of elders based on this kind of observation. Presbyterians typically maintain that a plurality of elders is required by precedent, which consists largely of salutations in epistles to "elders" - plural. By recognizing that a a church ata city consisted of several congregations, there is no necessary inference that a plurality of elders was in any particular congregation.

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas