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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Flock (2)

Flock the correlative term to "pastor." "The way in which this term, or the language which implies it, invariably occurs in Scripture (1Pe 5:2; Joh 21:15), points out to the people that they are not properly the minister's flock (which would exalt him into the mediator between them and God), but Christ's." Eden, Church Dictionary, s.v.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.