Hippolytus: On the Apostolic Tradition
Introduction and Commentary by Alistair C. Stewart
Number of quotes: 1
Book ID: 419 Page: 67
Section: 4B
…it is to be noted here that presbyters and patrons were functionally identical, indeed that Hermas himself is both leader and patron of his own community.{17} Leadership thus depended upon wealth, the possession of a house, and so the ability to act as pro-istamenos depended on the possibility that one might also act as prostatis (patron) to the church. There is thus an ambiguity in the word pro-istamenos, by which both governance and patronage might be indicated.{18} Given the necessity for domestic Christianity to have wealthy leaders who might also give social support to the church, it is quite possible that the pro-istamenoi, are both leaders and patrons.
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