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6 results for “Chapter 3: The Nature and Extent of Church Power”

BCO Book of Church Order (PCA)
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4.4
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3-4. The power of the Church is exclusively spiritual; that of the State includes the exercise of …
 4.1
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3-1. The power which Christ has committed to His Church vests in the whole body, the rulers …
 4.2
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3-2. Ecclesiastical power, which is wholly spiritual, is twofold. The officers exercise it sometimes severally, as in …
 4.5
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3-5. The Church, with its ordinances, officers and courts, is the agency which Christ has ordained for …
 4.6
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3-6. The exercise of ecclesiastical power, whether joint or several, has the divine sanction when in conformity with the statutes …
 4.3
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3-3. The sole functions of the Church, as a kingdom and government distinct from the civil commonwealth, are to proclaim, to …