A Manual for Ruling Elders and Church Sessions: Containing the Laws and Usages of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. An; In Relation to Ruling ... Congregations with Introductory Matter, Notes - Tapa blanda

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Excerpt from A Manual for Ruling Elders and Church Sessions: Containing the Laws and Usages of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. An; In Relation to Ruling Elders and Other Church Officers, Church Sessions, Churches, and Congregations With Introductory Matter, Notes, Suggestions and Appendix

General Assembly, Where given, are placed within quotation-marks. The historical notes, explanatory statements, and suggestions are the author's. The subject-matter is arranged in six main divisions I. Introductory matter; II. The office of the Ruling Elder; 111. The Church Session; IV. The Church and Congregation, including the pastor, deacons, and trustees V. Rules for Judicatories 5 VI. Forms for Sessions. The Introductory division contains a brief statement respecting the history and principal doc trines of the Westminster Standards, an exhibit of the Presbyterian principles of church government, a state ment of views on Subscription, and an outline of the history of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.

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