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What I am pointing out is that a large number of modern scholars hold to the view that Acts 6 is not speaking about the office of deacon. What they hold is that the office described in Acts 6 was not the office of deacon but rather a temporary office that was set up owing to the historical situation at that time
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Thank you for clarifying that.
I have made clear I do not agree with these particular "modern" scholars, nor that this ever has been the majority report in Chrisendom on Acts 6.
And while this view may have the effect of undermining the Scriptural basis for the office of Deacon, and the perpetual nature of the office, it does not advance the case for "deaconesses."