question: In a church setting, do older people still call young priests "father," and do younger priests call older people "my son" etc.?
comment: I think it's a Catholic thing. In Baptist and other churches, we might say Pastor Smith or Reverend Jones. An elder of the church might be referred to as Brother Don or Sister Susan. We don't have lady preachers yet.
passages: Presbyters are often referred to as "Father" (Fr.), though that is not an official title. Rather, it is a term of affection used by Christians for their ordained elders. In this context, a priest's first name is generally used after the word "Father".
   In the Greek-Catholic Church, all clergy are called "Father", including deacons, who are titled "Father Deacon", "Deacon Father", or simply "Father". Depending on the institution, seminarians may be titled "Brother", "Brother Seminarian", "Father Seminarian" or simply "Father". Their wives are usually addressed as "presvytera", "matushka" or "khourriyye" as in the Orthodox world and also by their first names. Greek-Catholic Patriarchs are addressed as "Your Beatitude". Eastern clergy are usually addressed by their Christian or ordination name, not their surname.
  
  Section::::Styles and forms of address.:Orthodox.
  
  Section::::Styles and forms of address.:Orthodox.:Greek and other Orthodox churches.
   Male Christian priests are usually addressed as "Father" or, for example, as "Father John" or "Father Smith". However, in official correspondence, such priests are not normally referred to as "Father John", "Father Smith", or "Father John Smith", but as "The Reverend John Smith". "Father" as an informal title is used for Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Old Catholic priests and for many priests of the Anglican and Lutheran churches. In England, however, even Roman Catholic priests were often referred to as "Mr" until the 20th century except when members of a religious order. "Mr" is still not incorrect for priests of the Church of England.
   The word "presbyter" etymologically derives from Greek "πρεσβύτερος" ("presbyteros"), the comparative form of "πρέσβυς" ("presbys"), "old man". However, while the English word priest has presbyter as the etymological origin, the distinctive Greek word (Greek ἱερεύς "hiereus") for "priest" is never used for presbyteros/episkopos in the New Testament, except as being part of the general priesthood of all believers, with the first Christians making a distinction between sacerdotal Jewish and pagan priests and New Testament pastors.
  
  Section::::History.
   Up until the 19th century secular clergy in English-speaking countries were usually addressed as "Mister" (which was, in those days, a title reserved for gentleman, those outside the gentry being called by name and surname only), and only priests in religious orders were formally called "Father". In the early 19th century it became customary to call all priests "Father".
   In France, secular priests (diocesan priests) are addressed "Monsieur l'Abbé" or, if a parish priest, as "Monsieur le Curé". In Germany and Austria priests are addressed as "Hochwürden" (meaning "very worthy") or with their title of office (Herr Pfarrer, i.e. Mr. Parson). in Italy as "Don" followed by his name (e.g. "Don Luigi Perrone").
  
  Religious priests (members of religious orders) are addressed "Father" in all countries (Père, Pater, Padre etc.).
   Unlike usage in English, "the Latin words "sacerdos" and "sacerdotium" are used to refer in general to the ministerial priesthood shared by bishops and presbyters. The words "presbyter", "presbyterium" and "presbyteratus" refer to priests in the English use of the word or presbyters." According to the "Annuario Pontificio" 2016, as of December 31, 2014, there were 415,792 Catholic priests worldwide, including both diocesan priests and priests in the religious orders. A priest of the regular clergy is commonly addressed with the title "Father" (contracted to Fr, in the Catholic and some other Christian churches).
   In some Anglo-Catholic churches, clergy are referred to as Mother or Father, instead of Reverend.
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Anglican Breviary
  
  BULLET::::- Anglican devotional society
  
  BULLET::::- Anglican sacraments
  
  BULLET::::- Anglican Service Book
  
  BULLET::::- Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
  
  BULLET::::- Broad Church
  
  BULLET::::- Catholic societies of the Church of England
  
  BULLET::::- Central Churchmanship
  
  BULLET::::- Evangelical Catholic
  
  BULLET::::- High Church
  
  BULLET::::- High Church Lutheranism
  
  BULLET::::- Liberal Anglo-Catholicism
  
  BULLET::::- List of Anglo-Catholic churches
  
  BULLET::::- List of Anglo-Catholic churches in England
  
  BULLET::::- Liturgical Movement
  
  BULLET::::- Neo-Lutheranism
  
  BULLET::::- Ritualism in the Church of England
  
  BULLET::::- Crypto-papism
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Anglo-Catholics: What they believe by Leonard Prestige (Project Canterbury)
   BULLET::::- "Father" is a term of address for priests and deacons in some churches, especially the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions.
  
  BULLET::::- "Padre" (Spanish word for father, used in Brazil too) is frequently used in the military of English-speaking countries.
  
  BULLET::::- A priest of the regular clergy.
  
  BULLET::::- A pre-Scholastic Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice (see Fathers of the Church: those who were not completely orthodox but nonetheless had a major impact on Christianity, such as Origen and Tertullian, are called "ecclesiastical writers" instead).
   Priests are often styled as "the Reverend" (Rev.) and therefore referred to as "the Reverend Father" (Rev. Fr.). Higher in bestowed honor and responsibility, Archpriests and Protopresbyters are styled as "the Very Reverend" (V. Rev.), while Archimandrites can be styled as "the Very Reverend" (V. Rev.) or as "the Right Reverend" (Rt. Rev.). It is also appropriate and traditional to refer to a clergyman as "the Priest "Name"" or "Archpriest "Name"". This latter practice is especially prominent in Churches with Slavic roots, such as the Church of Russia or the Orthodox Church in America.
   Section::::Styles and forms of address.:Roman Catholic.
  
  In the Roman Catholic Church the form of address depends on the office the person holds, and the country in which he is being addressed as they are usually identical to the titles used by their feudal or governmental equals. In most English-speaking countries the forms of address are:
  
  BULLET::::- A priest is usually referred to as "Father", and sometimes as "Your Reverence" or "Reverend Father".
  
  BULLET::::- A monsignor is addressed as "Monsignor."
   BULLET::::- The more formal, which usually takes place at the end of the Divine Liturgy in which the deacon (or priest, if there is no deacon) recites the names of the individuals to be commemorated, and the choir responds by chanting "Εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη", ""Eis polla etē"" ("Many years!") three times. A version of this type may also be used to commemorate individuals on important days such as the day of their baptism, their name day or the anniversary of a clergyman's ordination.
   This usage is seen by most Protestant Christians as stripping the laity of its priestly status, while those who use the term defend its usage by saying that, while they do believe in the "priesthood" (Greek ἱερεύς "hiereus" – a different word altogether, used in Rev 1:6, 1 Pet 2:9) of all believers, they do not believe in the "eldership" of all believers. This is generally true of United Methodists, who ordain elders as clergy (pastors) while affirming the priesthood of all believers. The Methodist Church of Great Britain has formally referred to its presbyters as such (rather than the common title of 'minister') since 1990, from when it was possible to be ordained as a Methodist deacon, which is also an order of Methodist ministry. The evangelical (or ultra low-church) Anglican Diocese of Sydney has abolished the use of the word "priest" for those ordained as such. They are now referred to as "presbyters". Presbyterians sometimes refer to their ruling elders and teaching elders (ministers) as presbyters.
   Seminarians: "Brother" or "Brother Seminarian" is the most common title; the appellation "Father Seminarian" or "Father Student" is not seen outside of rural Greek and Arabic-speaking laity.
  
  Tonsured individuals of no title: Brother.
  
  Section::::Eastern Orthodox Church.
  
  Usage varies somewhat throughout the Eastern Orthodox Communion, and not every church uses every clerical rank. Surnames are typically not used for archpastors (rank of bishop or above) or monastics.
  
  BULLET::::- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: Ecumenical Patriarch John II, His All-Holiness, Your All-Holiness
  
  BULLET::::- Patriarch: Patriarch John II of Terirem, Patriarch John, His Beatitude, Your Beatitude
   The Orthodox Church often refers to presbyters in English as "priests" ("priest" is etymologically derived from the Greek "presbyteros" via the Latin "presbyter"). This usage is seen by some Protestant Christians as stripping the laity of its rightful priestly status, while those who use the term defend its usage by saying that, while they do believe in the "priesthood" of all believers, they do not believe in the "eldership" of all believers.
   The proper title for a hieromonk is, "the Reverend Hieromonk ("religious name")". The form of address is, "Hieromonk ("name")", "Father Hieromonk ("name")", "Father ("name")", or, informally, "Father". As with all Orthodox monks, a hieromonk is not addressed by his family name, but only by his religious name. In writing, if it becomes necessary to use his family name—for instance, to distinguish him from another hieromonk with the same religious name—the family name should be placed in parentheses. Example: "Hieromonk John (Smith)". In cultures where a patronymic is customary, monks are never addressed by their patronymic, but only by their religious name.
   That English should have only the single term "priest" to translate "presbyter" and "sacerdos" came to be seen as a problem in English Bible translations. The "presbyter" is the minister who both presides and instructs a Christian congregation, while the "sacerdos", offerer of sacrifices, or in a Christian context the eucharist, performs "mediatorial offices between God and man".
   "Where a personal name is not used for a priest or deacon, the manner of address is Rev Mr etc., i.e. the Rev is used with the usual title. Without this title, the use of Rev with a surname should not be used in the United Kingdom for any ordained person, whether Anglican or not - it is a solecism. Catholic (and Anglo-Catholic) clergy favour Fr (Father) {or Mthr (Mother)}."
  
  "For further details see Crockford's Guide to addressing the Clergy."
  
  Clergy: 'introduce as Mr Pike or Father Pike according to "his" preference"" (Debrett's Etiquette and Modern Manners 1981 pg230)
   BULLET::::- Priests, both diocesan and those belonging to a religious order, are formally titled "Reberendo Padre" (Reverend Father, abbreviated Rev. Fr.) before their given name and surname. Priests are colloquially addressed "Father" (abbreviated Fr.) before their name, which may either be a formal name or nickname.
  
  BULLET::::- Deacons are formally titled "Reberendo" (Reverend). For example, "Reverend Juan de la Cruz". In the country, deacons are rarely titled "Deacon name" as in the United States. Instead, they are colloquially addressed as "Rev" as opposed to priests who are addressed as "Father."
  
  BULLET::::- Consecrated persons have different styles and addresses.
   The priesthood of Kemetic Orthodoxy is composed of both lay (or non-ordained) and ordained priests. The Kemetic Orthodoxy religion uses the term "priest" for both males and females. A priest's primary responsibility is to the members, not to the Names of Netjer.
   In Eastern Thrace, during the Ottoman period and prior to the tragedy of 1922, some lay people were selected through symbolic tonsure and Cheirothesia to receive the ecclesiastical blessing and rank of not only because of their literacy but also in recognition of their philanthropic and benevolent patronage of the Church and Orthodoxy. Most adopted "Αναγνώστης" ("Anagnostis") as their given name, and this name was subsequently given as a baptismal name to their male grandchildren.
  
  Section::::Anglicanism.
   Previous to the 1980s, Evangelists were known both as Patriarchs and Evangelists. The name "Patriarch" was dropped when women were first ordained to this office.
  
  Section::::Priesthood Offices.:Melchisedec Order.:High Priest.:Bishop.
   BULLET::::- A married priest is "The Reverend Father"; a monastic priest is "The Reverend Hieromonk"; a protopresbyter is "The Very Reverend Father"; and an archimandrite is either "The Very Reverend Father" (Greek practice) or "The Right Reverend Father" (Russian practice). All may be simply addressed as "Father".
  
  BULLET::::- Abbots and abbesses are styled "The Very Reverend Abbot/Abbess" and are addressed as "Father" and "Mother" respectively.
  
  BULLET::::- A bishop is referred to as "The Right Reverend Bishop" and addressed as "Your Grace" (or "Your Excellency").
   In disputing the diocesan newsletter's characterisation of his remarks, Dale was pointing out one of the tenets of his faith, that the styling of priests and other high members of the church, as "Father," a common practice in the Catholic Church, is not accepted among the Churches of Christ. Within the Churches of Christ, only God is referred to as the "Holy Father," while ministers and elders are referred to as "brothers in Christ." The more specific scriptural basis commonly cited for this doctrine is .
  
  Section::::Jubilee 2000 Revival.:Criticism.
   Members of the Catholic Church still use the Greek word Presbyter (πρεσβύτερος, presbuteros: "elder", or "priest" in Christian usage) to refer to priests (priest is etymologically derived from the Greek presbyteros via the Latin presbyter). Collectively, however, their "college" is referred to as the "presbyterium" (meaning "council of elders"), "presbytery", or "presbyterate."
  
presuppositions: All church use "father" and "son".
corrections: Only catholic churches use "father" and "son".
raw_presuppositions: In a church setting, there are standard references for church leaders and church members. Addressing people as "father" or "son" used to be a common thing in church. All church use "father" and "son".
raw_corrections: In a church setting, references for church leaders and church members are a function of the religion. Addressing people as "father" or "son" occurs in Catholic churches, but other churches use "sister" and "brother". Only catholic churches use "father" and "son".