COMMENTARY :
F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order (1898)
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The Historical Development of the PCA Book of Church Order
Chapter 25 : Congregational Meetings
Paragraph 3 : On Defining a Quorum
25-3. The quorum of the congregational meeting shall consist of one-fourth (1/4) of the resident communing members, if the church has not more than one hundred (100) such members, and of one-sixth (1/6) of the resident communing members if a church has more than one hundred (100) such members.
[Historical Summary : Except for the addition of numerical equivalents in parentheses, the current PCA text remains unchanged from 1973 and dates to PCUS 1925.]
Background and Comparison :
1. PCA 1973, 26-3, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly, p. 143
2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, 26-3, Proposed text, p. 35
3. PCUS 1933, XXVIII, 154
4. PCUS 1925, XXVII, 154
A quorum of the congregational meeting shall consist of one-fourth of the resident communing members, if the church has not more than one hundred such members, and of one-sixth of the resident communing members if a church has more than one hundred such members.
PCUS 1879
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PCUS 1869 draft
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PCUS 1867 draft
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FoG
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I. King & Head of Church
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II. Preliminary Principles
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[FoG = Form of Government ; RoD = Rules of Discipline ; DfW = Directory for Worship] |
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