Thanks for this feedback gentlemen. I would welcome additional comments, insights and suggested reading to better understanding this office and how it relates to others.

For example, I usually see the debate over the office of elder framed as the "two-office" view vs. the "three-office" view, but how does the office of Doctor fit in?

Are Doctors for individual churches or seminaries or both? Doctors are elders/presbyters, yes?

What churches historically and currently have Doctors? I see Biblical warrant for the office, but hear so little about it that its practicial outworking is unfamiliar to me.

More thoughts?

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