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<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:집사]][[vi:Chấp sự]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->'''Deacon'''<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deacon deacon], ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''</ref> is a title given to a person in charge of the church’s affairs and services. The original Greek word ''διάκονος (diákonos)''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/greek/1249.htm |title=1249. diakonos |website=Bible Hub |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> means ''servant'' or ''assistant'', but it began to be used as a term for one of titles after the time of the early Church. | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:집사]][[vi:Chấp sự]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[file:Acts of the Apostles Chapter 6-4 (Bible Illustrations by Sweet Media).jpg |thumb| 250px |The Seven, who received a prayer with the hands on them, served as the first deacons.]]'''Deacon'''<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deacon deacon], ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''</ref> is a title given to a person in charge of the church’s affairs and services. The original Greek word ''διάκονος (diákonos)''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/greek/1249.htm |title=1249. diakonos |website=Bible Hub |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> means ''servant'' or ''assistant'', but it began to be used as a term for one of titles after the time of the early Church. | ||
==The Origin of the Title of Deacon== | ==The Origin of the Title of Deacon== | ||