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The Historical Development of the PCA Book of Church Order

Chapter 62 : Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving

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Paragraph 5 :

62-5. There should be public worship upon all such days; and the prayers, psalms or hymns, the selection of Scripture, and sermons, should all be in a special manner adapted to the occasion.

[DIGEST: The current text remains unchanged from PCA 1973 and the substance of the paragraph is unchanged from that of PCUS 1894.]

ANTECEDENT TEXTS:
PCA 1973, Adopted text, DfW 16-5 [M1GA, Appendix, p. 161]
There should be public worship upon all such days; and the prayers, psalms or hymns, the selections of Scripture, and sermons, should all be in a special manner adapted to the occasion.

Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Proposed text,
The

PCUS 1933,
The

PCUS 1894, XV-6
There should be public worship upon all such days; and let the prayers, psalms or hymns, portions of Scripture to be read, and sermons, be all in a special manner adapted to the occasion.



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