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 46 : Jurisdiction
Paragraph 8 :
46-8. When a Presbytery shall divest a minister of his office without
censure, or depose him without excommunication, it shall assign him, to membership in some particular church, subject to the approval of the Session
of that church.
[HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The current PCA text remains identical with the wording of PCUS 1925.]
ANTECEDENT TEXTS :
1. PCA 1973, RoD, 20-8, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly, p. 155
2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, RoD, 20-8, Proposed text, p. 62
3. PCUS 1933, RoD, XX-§302
4. PCUS 1925, RoD, XX-§302
When a Presbytery shall divest a Minister of his office without censure, or depose him without excommunication, it shall assign him to membership in some particular church, subject to the approval of the Session of that church.
No comparable text or provision in the following editions:
PCUS 1879, Rules of Discipline, Chapter XV
PCUS 1869 draft, Canons of Discipline, Chapter XV
PCUS 1867 draft, Canons of Discipline, Chapter XV
Chapter Index [links to Par. 1 of each chapter]: |
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FoG
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I. King & Head of Church
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RoD
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II. Preliminary Principles
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DfW |
47 |
48 |
49 |
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60 |
61 |
62 |
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[FoG = Form of Government ; RoD = Rules of Discipline ; DfW = Directory for Worship] |
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