Re: What is up with Baptism

Kendall K. Down wrote:

In message <ndfp72d5gc8dmljotvjsmjgal84pemr09g@xxxxxxx>
Alec Brady <alec.brady@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No, Ken, it doesn't *simply* mean 'old men' any more than 'senior'
*simply* means 'old'.

The word simply means "old men"; I agree that it may have acquired
connotations along the way, particularly once it started to be used by
Christians of the officials in their churches.

....or possibly long before that. Old English 'Aelder' means (roughly)
'chief' - it isn't connected with age. A young man could become an
aelder by virtue of his personal standing in the community or his family
connections. Saxons didn't adopt Christianity until after the usage was
in place.

I don't know whether in the original the word means simply 'old', but in
English 'elder' has a definite dual meaning.

--
David Aldred
.

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