The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

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Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath-school work, 1902 - 527 pages

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Contents

Of Amendments
391
THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE
393
Of the Parties in Cases of Process
394
Of Charges and Specifications
396
Special Rules Pertaining to Cases before Sessions
400
General Rules Pertaining to the Trial of a Minister Elder or Deacon
401
Of Cases without Process
403
Of Evidence
405
Of the Ways in which a Cause may be Carried from a Lower to a Higher Judicatory
407
Of General Review and Control
408
Of References
409
Of Complaints
410
Of Appeals
412
Of Dissents and Protests
414
Of Jurisdiction in Cases of Dismission
415
Of Removals and Limitations of Time
416
Of Judicial and Administrative Cases
417
Of Differences between Judicatories
421
THE DIRECTORY FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD
423
Of the Assembling of the Congregation and their Behavior during Divine Service
424
Of the Public Reading of the Holy Scriptures
425
Of Public Prayer
426
Of the Worship of God by Offerings
428
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429
Of the Administration of Baptism
430
Of the Administration of the Lords Supper
432
Of the Admission of Persons to Sealing Ordinances
435
Of the Mode of Inflicting and Removing Censures
436
Of the Solemnization of Marriage
439
Of the Visitation of the Sick
442
Of the Burial of the Dead
443
Of Fasting and of the Observation of the Days of Thanksgiving
444
The Directory for Secret and Family Worship
445
CONSTITUTIONAL RULES
447
Trials for Licensure
448
APPENDIX
449
A ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
451
Amendments to the Constitution
453
Assembly Funds
454
Theological Seminaries
457
Foreign Ministers
459
Ministers of Other Denominations in the U S A
464
Presbyteries and Synods
466
Sessions and Churches
468
Boards of the Church
472
B GENERAL RULES FOR JUDICATORIES
475
INDEX
483
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