We all know that the tactics of Anti – Catholic is using the word for word style or where can you find this word in the bible etc. Now if we have at least a little logic I assure you that the Pope is in the Scriptures. Now, where? Here it is.
The word Pope comes from the Greek word “πάπας” If we will look for the meaning of the Greek word “πάπας” in http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon which is a Greek – English Dictionary.
Now if we look at the result this is what we will see.
Το λεξικό βρήκε 1 λέξη.
The dictionary found 1 word.
πάπας = pope, priest
If we will look also to other dictionaries, in http://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-el/πάπας this is the meaning of “πάπας” in Almaany English-Greek Dictionary
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Now if we look at the result this is what we will see.
Padre:
παπάς , ιερέας , πατήρ
Priest:
ιερεύς , παπάς
We all know that the word “priest” is in the Bible.
St. Paul is an example of a Priest.
“To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of God’s good news.” (Romans 15:16)
Our Lord Jesus Christ is a high Priest.
“Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”(Hebrews 7:26)
