 Aaronic Kohanim also officiated at the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim.The Samaritan kohanim have retained their role as religious leaders.With the spread of Christianity and the formation of parishes, the Greek word "ἱερεύς" (hiereus), and Latin "sacerdos", which Christians had since the 3rd century applied to bishops and only in a secondary sense to presbyters, began in the 6th century to be used of presbyters, and is today commonly used of presbyters, distinguishing them from bishops.