Bishop, presbyters, deacons
Ignatius of Antioch d. c. 110 ADLetter to the Trallians 3.1
Likewise let all respect the deacons as Jesus Christ, as also the bishop, who is the image of the Father, and the presbyters as the council of God and the band of the apostles. Without these, it is not called a church.
The first clear witness to one bishop over presbyters and deacons in each city, in Asia Minor and Syria about 110.
Ὁμοίως πάντες ἐντρεπέσθωσαν τοὺς διακόνους ὡς Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ὡς καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ὄντα τύπον τοῦ πατρός. τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους ὡς συνέδριον θεοῦ καὶ ὡς σύνδεσμον ἀποστόλων. χωρὶς τούτων ἐκκλησία οὐ καλεῖται.Ignatius of Antioch The Apostolic Fathers Kirsopp Lake Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann 1912 1 Loeb Classical Library Internet Archive (First1KGreek TEI, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1443.tlg001) · English: translated for this page from the Greek