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The Historical Development of the PCA Book of Church Order

Chapter 23 : The Dissolution of the Pastoral Relation

Paragraph 3 :

23-3. A minister, being medically disabled or honorably retired, may be elected pastor emeritus by a congregation which seeks to honor his past earnest labors among them.

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Background and Comparison :
PCA 1973, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly,
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Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Proposed text,
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PCUS 1879,

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PCUS 1869 draft,
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PCUS 1867 draft,
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COMMENTARY :
F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order
(1898)
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Chapter Index [links to Par. 1 of each chapter]:
FoG
.1.
I. King & Head of Church
RoD
II. Preliminary Principles
DfW
47
48
49
51
52
53
54
55
56
59
60
61
62
[FoG = Form of Government ; RoD = Rules of Discipline ; DfW = Directory for Worship]