Comments on: About http://www.futuristicwords.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: PUAVault http://www.futuristicwords.com/about/#comment-4339 PUAVault Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:25:39 +0000 http://dev.futuristicwords.com/?page_id=2#comment-4339 Hey man, is there an email I can reach you at? email me at editor@puavault.net thanks Hey man, is there an email I can reach you at? email me at editor@puavault.net thanks

]]> By: Future http://www.futuristicwords.com/about/#comment-2917 Future Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:06:48 +0000 http://dev.futuristicwords.com/?page_id=2#comment-2917 I hear this distinction all the time, especially from my mother and other Presbyterians. I understand the reasoning behind the distinction, that Presbyterians believe rather strongly in a "priesthood of believers," which is the reason we pass the communion plates to each other instead of lining up to receive it from a man in robes at the front of the church. I bristle at the distinction, though, and hold to the less accepted but still correct definition that a priest is the head of a religious body who is ordained and allowed to perform rites (see The American Heritage Dictionary, a good stodgy reference if ever there was one). A Jewish rabbi or Muslim cleric are types of priests, although I doubt you'd ever hear the end of it if you called them as much. Keeping with that, I consulted with my grandfather on this-- himself an elder in my home church and the author of two dictionaries-- and he said that while I was technically correct, the purpose of language was communication and I was therefore speaking Aramaic for most people when referring to a non-Catholic/Anglican/Eastern Orthodox figure in such a way. So I'm right (albeit a bit of a dick), and you're right! What a beautiful world! I hear this distinction all the time, especially from my mother and other Presbyterians. I understand the reasoning behind the distinction, that Presbyterians believe rather strongly in a “priesthood of believers,” which is the reason we pass the communion plates to each other instead of lining up to receive it from a man in robes at the front of the church. I bristle at the distinction, though, and hold to the less accepted but still correct definition that a priest is the head of a religious body who is ordained and allowed to perform rites (see The American Heritage Dictionary, a good stodgy reference if ever there was one). A Jewish rabbi or Muslim cleric are types of priests, although I doubt you’d ever hear the end of it if you called them as much. Keeping with that, I consulted with my grandfather on this– himself an elder in my home church and the author of two dictionaries– and he said that while I was technically correct, the purpose of language was communication and I was therefore speaking Aramaic for most people when referring to a non-Catholic/Anglican/Eastern Orthodox figure in such a way.

So I’m right (albeit a bit of a dick), and you’re right! What a beautiful world!

]]> By: Kevin http://www.futuristicwords.com/about/#comment-19 Kevin Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:20:44 +0000 http://dev.futuristicwords.com/?page_id=2#comment-19 This is interesting...Presbyterians do not have Priests - they have Ministers. I know, I am a Presbyterian. Big difference between Priest and Minister. This is interesting…Presbyterians do not have Priests – they have Ministers. I know, I am a Presbyterian. Big difference between Priest and Minister.

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