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Old 10-02-2021, 08:15 PM
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Re: “Just call me pastor, son”.

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Isn't it strange how the word "pastor" more so than "shepherd" has become the norm?

Or bishop instead of overseer?

Deacon instead of servant?
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Baptize instead of dunk?

Church instead of congregation or assembly?

Sin instead of crime?

Iniquity instead of lawlessness?

Angel instead of messenger?

Sanctified instead of separated?

Doctrine instead of teaching?

Apostle instead of missionary?
Thank you for the additional examples, Brother.

What do you believe is the cause for how we use these words (and not others) in our everyday speech as believers?

And how does that answer impact the overall discussion being held in this thread?
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Old 10-03-2021, 10:13 AM
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Thank you for the additional examples, Brother.

What do you believe is the cause for how we use these words (and not others) in our everyday speech as believers?

And how does that answer impact the overall discussion being held in this thread?
King James, when giving instructions to the translators, ordered that "ecclesiastical words be retained" (such as bishop, church, baptize, etc). His motivation seemed to be to accommodate the "high churchmen" in England as well as to not be seen as siding with Separatists, Dissenters, and other similar "primitive Christianity" types of groups. In any event, those terms have since become an integral part of English.

While many of them allow for, or even suggest to the average English speaker, certain connotations not in view by the original writers, I think this is not an insurmountable obstacle. For example, the word "baptize" as an ecclesiastical term can refer to immersion, infusion, or aspersion, or even some other initiatory rite. Whereas the Greek term baptidzo means literally to dunk or submerge, and such is the correct Biblical meaning of baptize. It doesn't take much at all in the way of educating new converts - or pre-converts hearing evangelistic preaching and teaching - the correct meanings of "theological terms".

One might worry about the masses of Biblically illiterate people out there who erroneously think for example that sprinkling is a form of Christian baptism, but in reality that's irrelevant because such persons are outside your or my teaching. In other words, I can't do anything about a person's ignorance when I'm not in contact with that person to provide correction. And that's true of all of us. We only really need to be concerned with the people we are in some kind of contact with.

I use Biblical terms and intend them in Biblical ways. If I know or suspect a hearer (or reader) is likely to misunderstand and take the word in an erroneous sense I will try to make clear what I mean. Unfortunately a lot of people are stubborn, and even after ample explanation will continue to use Bible terms in erroneous ways contrary to all reason. In those cases I may use technically correct terms but which rule out their erroneous interpretation (like tenth instead of tithe, or congregation or assembly instead of church). Or I may just conclude they are beyond correction by me and so I'll just move on.

I am however wary of modern attempts by some to "make theology more relevant to today" by abandoning certain Bible terms for others, when it seems they are in fact watering things down. For example, abandoning fornication in favour of "immorality" or whoremonger in favour of "promiscuous man" seems to me to be obscuring rather than clarifying. Words carry content beyond mere dictionary definition. Words carry their ideas with a certain force if you will, some more forceful than others. I don't think we should abandon such terms altogether. Like all Biblical terms they should be explained to those who may not know or be familiar with their meaning. This educating doesn't take long at all - how much effort is needed to explain church is a people in fellowship with one another in Christ and not a building or a corporation? See? It literally takes less than a moment.

Whoever controls language controls thought. We should never surrender the field, not one inch. Give NO PLACE to the devil, etc etc.

As for this thread, we can see that some use terms correctly, and some incorrectly. And some simply refuse to be educated, for whatever reason. At which point education and reasoning are not the right tools for the job.
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Old 10-03-2021, 02:02 PM
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King James, when giving instructions to the translators, ordered that "ecclesiastical words be retained" (such as bishop, church, baptize, etc). His motivation seemed to be to accommodate the "high churchmen" in England as well as to not be seen as siding with Separatists, Dissenters, and other similar "primitive Christianity" types of groups. In any event, those terms have since become an integral part of English.

While many of them allow for, or even suggest to the average English speaker, certain connotations not in view by the original writers, I think this is not an insurmountable obstacle. For example, the word "baptize" as an ecclesiastical term can refer to immersion, infusion, or aspersion, or even some other initiatory rite. Whereas the Greek term baptidzo means literally to dunk or submerge, and such is the correct Biblical meaning of baptize. It doesn't take much at all in the way of educating new converts - or pre-converts hearing evangelistic preaching and teaching - the correct meanings of "theological terms".

One might worry about the masses of Biblically illiterate people out there who erroneously think for example that sprinkling is a form of Christian baptism, but in reality that's irrelevant because such persons are outside your or my teaching. In other words, I can't do anything about a person's ignorance when I'm not in contact with that person to provide correction. And that's true of all of us. We only really need to be concerned with the people we are in some kind of contact with.

I use Biblical terms and intend them in Biblical ways. If I know or suspect a hearer (or reader) is likely to misunderstand and take the word in an erroneous sense I will try to make clear what I mean. Unfortunately a lot of people are stubborn, and even after ample explanation will continue to use Bible terms in erroneous ways contrary to all reason. In those cases I may use technically correct terms but which rule out their erroneous interpretation (like tenth instead of tithe, or congregation or assembly instead of church). Or I may just conclude they are beyond correction by me and so I'll just move on.

I am however wary of modern attempts by some to "make theology more relevant to today" by abandoning certain Bible terms for others, when it seems they are in fact watering things down. For example, abandoning fornication in favour of "immorality" or whoremonger in favour of "promiscuous man" seems to me to be obscuring rather than clarifying. Words carry content beyond mere dictionary definition. Words carry their ideas with a certain force if you will, some more forceful than others. I don't think we should abandon such terms altogether. Like all Biblical terms they should be explained to those who may not know or be familiar with their meaning. This educating doesn't take long at all - how much effort is needed to explain church is a people in fellowship with one another in Christ and not a building or a corporation? See? It literally takes less than a moment.

Whoever controls language controls thought. We should never surrender the field, not one inch. Give NO PLACE to the devil, etc etc.

As for this thread, we can see that some use terms correctly, and some incorrectly. And some simply refuse to be educated, for whatever reason. At which point education and reasoning are not the right tools for the job.
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Wow! How long has it been since Hoovie posted? I’m glad to hear from you.

Aaaand you’re right. If the word pastor occurred one fewer time in the New Testament, it wouldn’t occur at all. But it did occur once so there’s that.
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Re: “Just call me pastor, son”.

I just wonder who will be the first UPCI/WWPF Archbishop since every elder is becoming a Bishop?

The best path to passing a church onto your son is to become a Bishop and stay on the payroll.
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Re: “Just call me pastor, son”.

I know a guy that sent men to neighboring communities to start churches. Some refer to him as Bishop. That’s not his thing… he’s just a pastor that wasn’t afraid to let God’s people go…
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I just wonder who will be the first UPCI/WWPF Archbishop since every elder is becoming a Bishop?
I was under the impression that the title of bishop (at least in the UPCI) was used more for a regional overseer. The pastors are in the church, and the bishop oversees the pastors within a particular region. Is this not the case elsewhere?
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I was under the impression that the title of bishop (at least in the UPCI) was used more for a regional overseer. The pastors are in the church, and the bishop oversees the pastors within a particular region. Is this not the case elsewhere?
I don’t think so. I am not aware of an official title of bishop in the UPCI. The term bishop seems to be a sort of honorary title. Lately it has been applied to pastors who have retired. I have known lay preachers who were referred to as bishop.

I have heard of retired pastors that remain at their church referred to as pastor emeritus. This is probably more correct. The UPCI used to discourage pastors remaining in the same church after retirement because of potential loyalty issues. That seems to have abated somewhat.

Of course when the succeeding pastor is the son of the former, the rules get bent sometimes. Bishop does seem to be a title that is often given to the former pastor in this case, and possibly a retirement plan (kept on payroll) as well.
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Oh, the Catholic hierarchy.
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