The meaning of Deaconess in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Romans 16:1,3,12; Phil 4:2,3; I Timothy 3:11; 5:9,10; Titus 2:3,4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).
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