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Following the volume Deacons and Diakonia in the Early Church: The First Two Centuries (2018), this collection continues the study of deacons into the patristic era. Once again, scholars from a range of backgrounds − each an expert on a particular early Christian author or text − consider the use of diakonos and related words, this time from the third century onwards. These texts reveal what deacons did, further contributing to our understanding of how leadership structures developed in the past and giving guidance for the present, particularly in ecumenical discussions concerning the ministry.

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Born 1955; Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Tilburg University, Netherlands. Born 1970; Deputy Dean and Director of Research at the Australian College of Theology in Sydney. Born 1953; Docent in Systematic Theology at University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and Docent in Practical Theology at Åbo Akademi University.

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