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Presbyterian Polity Answers: On Schism, Unification and the Constitution of the Kirk
Hello, greetings in Christ. I have a few questions, occasioned by very diffrent attitudes to this matter on diffrent sides of the north atlantic, and diffrenrt Scotland-based synods. What precisely is the constitution of a Presbyterian Church? What constitutes a constitutional change and when...- Sam Jer
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Do any Presbyterian Churches still Require Ministers to Know Latin
The Form of Presbyterian Church Government set at the Westminster Assembly, in it's Directory for the Ordination of Ministers, says: Do any of the Presbyterian Churches or Seminaries still have this or a similar requirement? Perhaps some of the more conservative ones that still hold the Form...- Sam Jer
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Presbyterian Polity Answers: The Nature of the Meeting of the Jerusalem Church in which the First Deacons were Ordained
Acts 6:1-7: Hello brethren, I have a question on scriptural Presbyterian polity. In the above passage, it seems the apostles called "the multitude of the disciples" to nominate the first deacons. What is this multitude? Is this a way to elect deacons, or the only right way to go about it...- Sam Jer
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