Lux Domini
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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Interpretation

The deacons were at first appointed to distribute the charity of the church, and to manage its concerns, yet pastors and evangelists were among them. The deacons had a great trust reposed in them.

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This thought runs through 1 Timothy 3:11-13.