And when they had ordained elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Such an one is in reality a presbyter of the Church, and a true minister (deacon) of the will of God, if he do and teach what is the Lord's; not as being ordained