Where did the term "reverend" come from?
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Asked February 24 2016
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Robert Banks
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Malcolm Jones
My first hearing of this is that Reverend came from those who were lavishing respect on the church leaders who were reverentially representing God in ministry. So they called them for their actions of reverence for the word.
Jonathan Wiles
I really appreciate Shirley's answer! To focus the attention of the title to God is what is biblical.