BCO 37.7

37.7. 36-7

36-7. The censure of deposition shall be administered by the moderator in the words following: Whereas, ____________________, a teaching elder of this Presbytery (or ruling elder or deacon of this church), has been proved, by sufficient evidence to be guilty of the sin of ____________________, we, the ____________________ Presbytery (or Church Session), do adjudge him disqualified for the office of the Christian ministry (or ruling eldership, or deaconship), and therefore we do hereby, in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, depose from the office of a teaching elder (or ruling elder or deacon) the said ____________________, and do prohibit him from exercising any of the functions thereof. If the censure includes suspension or excommunication, the moderator shall proceed to say: We do moreover, by the same authority, suspend the said ____________________ from the Sacraments of the Church, until he shall exhibit satisfactory evidence of sincere repentance, or We do moreover, by the same authority, exclude the said ____________________ from the Sacraments, and cut him off from the fellowship of the Church. The sentence of deposition ought to be inflicted with solemnities similar to those already prescribed in the case of excommunication.

For discussion

1. Put this answer in your own words, then say what it rules out — what belief is it written against?