62-2. Fasting and thanksgiving may be observed by individual Christians;
by families; by particular congregations; by a number of congregations
contiguous to each other; by the congregations under the care of a
Presbytery; or by all the congregations of our Church.
DIGEST: The current text is unchanged from that of PCA 1975. We note that the PCA 1973 text retained "or of a Synod" even though the PCA did not have the Synod structure. That wording was corrected with the 1975 edition (M3GA, 3-89, p. 99).
BACKGROUND AND COMPARISON :
1. PCA 1973, Adopted text, DfW 16-2 (M1GA, Appendix, p. 161)
2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Proposed text, p. 76
3. PCUS 1933, XVI, §374.
4. PCUS 1929, XVI, §374.
Fasting and thanksgiving may be observed by individual Christians; by families; by particular congregations; by a number of congregations contiguous to each other; by the congregations under the care of a Presbytery, or of a Synod; or by all the congregations of our Church.
PCUS 1927, XV-3, § 368
PCUS 1894, XV-3
Fasts and thanksgivings may be observed by individual Christians; or families, in private; by particular congregations; by a number of congregations contiguous to each other; by the congregations under the care of a presbytery, or of a synod; or by all the congregations of our church.
COMMENTARY:
Morton H. Smith, Commentary on the Book of Church Order, 6th edition, 2007, p. 453.
The various possibilities for fasting and thanksgiving are listed here. The specifics of how these are called and done are covered in the following paragraphs.
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