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27.5

26-5

26-5. Full organic union and consolidation of the Presbyterian Church in America with any other ecclesiastical body can be effected only in the following …

28.1

27-1

27-1. Discipline is the exercise of authority given the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ to instruct and guide its members and to promote …

28.3

27-3

… proper usage discipline maintains: a. the glory of God, b. the purity of His Church, c. the keeping and reclaiming of disobedient sinners. Discipline is for the purpose of …

29.5

28-5

28-5. All non-communing members shall be deemed under the care of the church to which their parents belong, if they live under the parental roof and are …

30.1

29-1

… proper object of judicial process, is anything in the doctrines or practice of a Church member professing faith in Christ which is contrary to the Word of God. The …

31.3

30-3

… no definite suspension from the Sacraments. Suspension from office is the exclusion of a church officer from his office. This may be definite or indefinite as to its duration. …

31.4

30-4

30-4. Excommunication is the excision of an offender from the communion of the Church. This censure is to be inflicted only on account of gross crime or heresy …

32.1

31-1

… except in cases as provided in BCO 34-1. Such original jurisdiction in relation to church members shall be in the Session of the church of which he/she is a …

32.3

31-3

… of process are the accuser and the accused. The accuser is always the Presbyterian Church in America, whose honor and purity are to be maintained. The prosecutor, whether voluntary …

34.4

33-4

33-4. When it is impracticable immediately to commence process against an accused church member, the Session may, if it thinks the edification of the Church requires it, …

38.9

37-9

… censure includes excommunication, the penitent may only be restored to the communion of the church through a session (BCO 1-3; 6-4; 57-4; 57-5; 57-6). Once the penitent is restored, …

39.2

38-2

… the ministry, or if he has satisfactory evidence of his inability to serve the Church with acceptance, may report these facts at a stated meeting of Presbytery. At the …

44.1

43-1

… a written representation made against some act or decision of a court of the Church. It is the right of any communing member of the Church in good standing …

63.6

63-6

63-6. In the supreme task of religious education, parents should co-operate with the Church by setting their children an example in regular and punctual attendance upon the sessions …

2.2

1-2

1-2. The Church which the Lord Jesus Christ has erected in this world for the gathering and …

2.3

1-3

1-3. The members of this visible Church catholic are all those persons in every nation, together with their children, who make …

2.4

1-4

1-4. The officers of the Church, by whom all its powers are administered, are, according to the Scriptures, teaching and …

2.7

1-7

… doctrine of Presbytery is necessary to the perfection of the order of the visible Church, but is not essential to its existence.

3.1

2-1

2-1. The Visible Church before the law, under the law, and now under the Gospel, is one and …

3.2

2-2

… Sacraments in their fundamental integrity are to be recognized as true branches of the Church of Jesus Christ.

4.2

3-2

… 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.

4.3

3-3

3-3. The sole functions of the Church, as a kingdom and government distinct from the civil commonwealth, are to proclaim, to …

4.5

3-5

3-5. The Church, with its ordinances, officers and courts, is the agency which Christ has ordained for …

5.1

4-1

4-1. A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine …

5.3

4-3

4-3. Its jurisdiction, being a joint power, is lodged in the church Session, which consists of its pastor, pastors, its associate pastor(s) and its ruling elders.