by
JANE M. BANCROFT
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
THE DIACONATE.
Compassion a Christian virtue—Brotherhood of all men in Christ—Foreign Missions—Home Missions—Service of ministering compassion gives rise to the diaconate—Diaconate of women—Its qualities—Field of labor
CHAPTER II.
DEACONESSES IN THE EARLY CHURCH.
Little...