2020-11-25
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – pastor & minister & priest
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง pastor = ‘PAS-ter’
ออกเสียง minister = ’MIN-uh-ster’
ออกเสียง priest = ‘PREEST’
THE NEW DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY,
pastor
In some groups of Christians (see also Christian),
the clergyman in charge of an individual congregation.
The term, pastor, is used this way in the Lutheran Church and Roman Catholic Church
and, to a lesser extent, by Baptists and in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
minister
A title used in many countries for members of cabinets
and similar public officials, who are roughly equivalent to the officials in the United States cabinet.
For example, a minister of foreign affairs will have duties similar to those of the secretary of state of the United States.
priest
One who is designated an authority on religious matters.
In some churches, especially
the Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church,
the ordained church leader who serves a congregation of believers
is called a priest.
The priests in these churches administerthe sacraments, preach,
and care for the needs of their congregations.
(See also minister and pastor.)
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
pastor & minister & priest
Use of these terms differs between sects and denominations
and even from one community to another.
The general term for persons wholly engaged in religious work
and set apart from nonprofessional and nonordained worshipers
is clergyman.
A clergyman may go by
the titles of pastor, minister, priest, preacher, parson, cleric, and reverend.
It is always safe to refer to such a person
as a cleric, clergyman, or man of the cloth
(unless the individual is a woman),
but choice of other terms depends more upon custom
than upon precise meaning of the word involved.
Pastor comes from a Latin word meaning “shepherd”
and is specifically applied to one
who has the spiritual care of persons entrustedto his charge.
Minister, derived from a Latin word meaning “servant,”
is a somewhat general term that suggests the serving of spiritual needs by one dedicated to that service.
Priest, a title largely confined to the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox churches,
refers to one whose office it is to perform religious rites of various kinds.
The word reverend means “entitled to reverence and respect”;
when capitalized it may be prefixed to the name of a clergyman
but should always be followed by the title “Mr.” or “Dr.”
or the first name of the individual specified:
the Reverend Mr. Parker”
or the “Reverend Roland Parker,” not “Reverend Parker.”
