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I can accept an argument that a honorific like "Rev." is a mistake, even if I think it isn't a mistake.
What I can't accept is the claim that it is an error to have attribution of titles that are the product of an individual's being invested of office. The Apostle Paul? Sorry, that's not a misrepresentation. Neither is "Elder" So-and-so, or "Deacon" Xyz, or "Minister" or "Pastor" Bruce.
These are simply the old anabaptist (fanatic) arguments against offices of any kind. Which, of course, meant in the end that they were led by charismatics beholden and responsible to none.
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
Acts 2:36 - 1 Cor. 10:9-10 & 15:22-26 - Hebrews 2:9-15 - 1 John 3:8 - James 4:12
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