The Historical Development of the Book of Church Order
Chapter 25 : Congregational Meetings
Paragraph 1 : The Constituency of Voting Members
25-1. The congregation consists of all the communing members of a particular church, and they only are entitled to vote.
DIGEST: The current PCA text remains unchanged from that of PCUS 1925. PCUS 1879 and previous draft versions lacked any chapter having to do with congregational meetings.
BACKGROUND & COMPARISON:
1. PCA 1973, 26-1, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly, p. 143
2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, 26-1, Proposed text, p. 35
3. PCUS 1933, XXVIII, § 152
4. PCUS 1925, XXVII, § 152
The congregation consists of all the communing members of a particular church, and they only are entitled to vote.
No comparable text in the following editions:
1. PCUS 1879
2. PCUS 1869 draft
3. PCUS 1867 draft
COMMENTARY:
F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order (1898)
[no comparable text for discussion]
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