Timeline for Better term for clergyperson?
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 3:37 | comment | added | Panzercrisis | At least in Protestant churches, deacons are basically lay members that have roles that are slightly clergy-like. Same thing with elders. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 1:59 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | I was objecting to the 'leader' part, not the 'religious' part. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 20:04 | comment | added | Jeremy Nottingham | Catholicism specifically seems to have made its own, narrower definition of "religious", which is in conflict with the definition used in most other situations. Unless this database is being used in a Catholic context, most people would likely consider a deacon a religious leader, despite the distinction. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 19:53 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | Not really appropriate for deacons. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 19:51 | history | answered | Jeremy Nottingham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |