Timmay
Puritan Board Freshman
Does preaching, even if you are a “guest” preacher that is on no session, exercise authority? Or does authority in 1 Tim 2:12 only refer to ruling authority, such as the session?
I’ve always assumed that preaching was a form of authority, thus no female preachers, but someone told me that the authority that Paul is referring to is ruling authority. For example, the session calls a guest preacher to preach, the guest preacher doesn’t tell the session that he will be preaching. Therefore, the authoritative voice here is the session and not the guest preacher. But when you proclaim the word of God in corporate worship, isn’t that exercising authority?
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I’ve always assumed that preaching was a form of authority, thus no female preachers, but someone told me that the authority that Paul is referring to is ruling authority. For example, the session calls a guest preacher to preach, the guest preacher doesn’t tell the session that he will be preaching. Therefore, the authoritative voice here is the session and not the guest preacher. But when you proclaim the word of God in corporate worship, isn’t that exercising authority?
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