Philip] see Acts 6:5 and Acts 8. The Evangelist] Evangelists were itinerant officers, whose duty it was to break new ground, and establish new churches. They ranked below the prophets, and above the presbyters or pastors. Philip, originally a 'deacon,' has now, through the success of his missionary work, been advanced to a higher dignity. The NT. never uses 'evangelist' in the sense of a writer of a Gospel.

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