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And can we see where this is true???
| I am sorry, but I do not understand your question.  | May I have some evidence where Calvin believed that and practiced this? (women deacon thing)? |
In Calvin's commentary on Romans 16 he states that Phoebe held a holy function in the early church and calls her a deaconess. Alexander McGill in his book,
Church Government shows that the office of the deacon was restored to the church during the Reformation and says that from Calvin to Charles Hodge there is a succession of men who held to an official meaning of deaconess in its application to Phoebe. Calvin in his
Institutes in Book IV makes the case for deaconesses. Berghoef DeKoster in his book entitled
The Deacon's Handbook shows the role of the deaconate in church history and states that Calvin used women in Geneva to fulfill various roles of service and ministry.