Gy\u00f0ingar, sem r\u00e1\u00f0nir voru af R\u00f3mverjum til \u00feess a\u00f0 a\u00f0sto\u00f0a vi\u00f0 landstj\u00f3rnina, voru kalla\u00f0ir fr\u00e6\u00f0imenn.\u00a0 \u00deeir voru l\u00e6sir og skrifandi \u00feegar margir voru \u00e1n \u00feeirrar kunn\u00e1ttu.\u00a0 \u00deeir voru \u00fev\u00ed\u00a0 gagnlegir r\u00e1\u00f0am\u00f6nnum. \u00cd ritningum Gy\u00f0inga (Gamla testamenti) m\u00e1 lesa, a\u00f0 \u00feeir h\u00f6f\u00f0u heimild til \u00feess a\u00f0 semja l\u00f6ggerninga.\u00a0 \u00deessir emb\u00e6ttismenn voru skjalaver\u00f0ir stj\u00f3rnvalda (2. Kon. 18:18).\u00a0L\u00edkt og Bar\u00fak, ritari Jererm\u00eda sp\u00e1manns, skrifu\u00f0u \u00feeir upp \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00feeim var lesi\u00f0 fyrir og fluttu\u00a0 s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed heyranda hlj\u00f3\u00f0i (Jer. 36:4-18).\u00a0 \u00deeir voru og r\u00edkisritarar og f\u00e9hir\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n
\u00cd N\u00fdja testamenti eru fr\u00e6\u00f0imennirnir l\u00f6gmenn (L\u00fakas 5:17) og d\u00f3marar (Matt. 23:2).\u00a0 \u00cd krafti l\u00e6rd\u00f3ms s\u00edns g\u00e1tu \u00feeir \u00feess vegna t\u00falka\u00f0 landsl\u00f6g og stundum deildu \u00feeir vi\u00f0 Jes\u00fa um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig skilja b\u00e6ri l\u00f6gm\u00e1l Gy\u00f0inga (Matt. 9:3; 15:1; Mark. 2:16; 7:1-2; L\u00fakas 5:30; 6:7).\u00a0 Fr\u00e6\u00f0imennirnir voru ekki sama og far\u00edsear, en b\u00e6\u00f0i far\u00edsear og \u00e6\u00f0stuprestar keyptu af \u00feeim l\u00f6gfr\u00e6\u00f0ia\u00f0sto\u00f0.\u00a0 Fr\u00e6\u00f0imennirnir t\u00f6ldu Jes\u00fa \u00f3gna \u00feeim l\u00f6gum og reglum\u00a0 r\u00f3mversks mannf\u00e9lags, sem \u00feeim bar a\u00f0 halda uppi hverjum \u00e1 s\u00ednum sta\u00f0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"