. The deaconess calling : its past and its present. le charges the Corinthians with regard to the house of Ste-phanas. The members of this household are the first fruits ofAchaia, and have addicted themselves to the ministry of thesaints. To such, the christians of Corinth shall submit them-selves, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.(1. Cor. 16, 15. 16.) According to the Scriptures, certain diaconatesthus rightfully existed, to which Christians, Avithout especial com-mission from the Church addicted themselves. These must havewithin themselves the love of order and discipline
. The deaconess calling : its past and its present. le charges the Corinthians with regard to the house of Ste-phanas. The members of this household are the first fruits ofAchaia, and have addicted themselves to the ministry of thesaints. To such, the christians of Corinth shall submit them-selves, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.(1. Cor. 16, 15. 16.) According to the Scriptures, certain diaconatesthus rightfully existed, to which Christians, Avithout especial com-mission from the Church addicted themselves. These must havewithin themselves the love of order and discipline, and of obedienceto the ministerial office. The less they are bound by any outwardtie, the more must they in their confession and works of faith, bindthemselves inwardly. Otherwise the fall under the condemnation, He that is not with Me, is against Me: and he that gathereth notwith Me, scattereth. (St. Luke, 11, 23.) It is a feature of truechurchly order, that while it permits freedom of charismatic activity,it excludes all confusion and CHAPTER III. The office of the Deaconess^ according to the Scriptures* 14. The Apostle Paul writes, that women shall keep silencein the churches. Thev are to learn in silence with all subjec-tion. (1. Cor. 14, 34. 35; 1. Tim. 2, 11. 12.) Anything elsewould not accord with the relation of the sexes, as ordained by God,nor with the position becoming to woman. She is therefore de-barred from rulership within the Church, from public preachingand teaching, from the ministry in its stricter sense, and from allbranches of the diaconate which might bear any unwomanlyfeatures. For the rest, the Scriptures contain numerous testimoniesin justification of womans right to serve the Kingdom of God,voluntarily or in an official capacity. 15. Old Testament types of an organized official service ofwomen in the sanctuary, are those who assembled at the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation. (Ex. 38, 1 ; 1 Sam. 2,22.). The care of the tabernacle, a
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