Many servants : an introduction to deacons

Notes: "[By] Ormonde Plater".; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Includes "A Select Bibliography", pp. 211-212.; Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Origins -- Deacons in the Early Church -- Episcopal Church: Early Deacons -- Modern Deacons -- Ecumenism and the Diaconate -- Baptism, Ordination and Deacons -- The Finding, Nurture and Care of Deacons -- The Ordination of Deacons -- Deacons in the World -- Deacons in the Coming Age -- Appendix -- Select Bibliography -- Index.; Author is an Episcopal deacon.

Subjects: Deacons; Deacons - Anglican Communion; Deacons - Episcopal Church; Deaconesses