BCO 4.2

Book of Church Order (PCA)

4.2. 3-2

3-2. Ecclesiastical power, which is wholly spiritual, is twofold. The officers exercise it sometimes severally, as in preaching the Gospel, administering the Sacraments, reproving the erring, visiting the sick, and comforting the afflicted, which is the power of order; and they exercise it sometimes jointly in Church courts, after the form of judgment, which is the power of jurisdiction.

For discussion

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