Administration
Administration
The word occurs in the Authorized Version in two places, 1Co 12:5 and 2Co 9:12, in both of which the Revised Version has substituted ministration, just as in 2Co 8:19 f. administer (Authorized Version ) has given place to minister (Revised Version ; Gr ). In 1Co 12:5 and 2Co 9:12 the word is the translation of Gr. which originally means the service (or duty) rendered by a , i.e. a servant, particularly a waiter at table (Lat. minister), who pours out wine to the guests individually. In 1Co 12:5 the aspect, alluded to is especially that of practical service rendered to a master [including that of deacon rendered to our Lord], whereas in 2Co 9:12 it is particularly the concrete form of that service which is intended, in its God ward and man-ward aspects.
The administration of the Roman Empire is never directly referred to in the NT, and is best considered under its various aspects (Caesar, Proconsul, etc.).
A. Souter.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Administration
is an ecclesiastical term applied to the execution of the duties of the ministry. In the Episcopal Church the term is used to imply, not the persons who are intrusted with official power, nor the office itself, but the exercise and fulfilment of the functions of the office. In the Form- for the Ordering of Deacons are these words: “Almighty God, who didst inspire thine apostles to choose into the order of deacons the first martyr, Stephen, and others, mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the like office and administration,” etc.