 The fourth chapter contains the directions given to Church judicatories, by which these ends are to be secured. Manifestly, they were intended to be a complete and efficient system adequate to the purposes in view.  Minutes - Page 284by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) General Assembly - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Reformed Church in America. General Synod - Reformed Church - 1840 - 192 pages
...Ita objects are the removal of offences ; the vindication of the honour of Christ ; the promotion of purity and general edification of the church ; and also the benefit of the offender. SEc. 2. All Christian discipline is spiritual, and nothing shall be admitted as matter of accusation,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Presbyterian Church in the United States - 1856 - 474 pages
...highly important and necessary. Its ends are, the removal of offences ; the vindication of the honour of Christ ; the promotion of the purity and general...the church ; and also the benefit of the offender nimself. III. An offence is any thing in the principles or practice of a church member, which is contrary... | |
 | David D. Demarest - New Brunswick (N.J.) - 1856 - 274 pages
..." the removal of offenses, the vindication of the honor of Christ, the promotion of purity, and the general edification of the Church, and also the benefit of the offender." We may well call particular attention to this last-mentioned end, for discipline is thought by many... | |
 | 1859 - 592 pages
...ends of discipline are the rebuke of offences, the removal of scandal, the vindication of the honour of Christ, the promotion of the purity and general edification of the Church, and the spiritual good of offenders themselves." The discipline of an apostate is an act of mercy to his... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1859 - 594 pages
...Church. Its ends are the rebuke of offences, the removal of scandal, the vindication of the honour of Christ, the promotion of the purity and general edification of the Church, and the spiritual good of offenders themselves. II. An offence, the proper object of discipline, is anything... | |
 | 1865 - 718 pages
...statute is clear, the means given for effectuating it are to be in284 MINUTES OF THE [May 28th, terpreted with reference to the purpose, and, if possible, so...efficient system adequate to the purposes in view. If they fail of that, the avowed object of their framers is defeated. Then there is no power to remove... | |
 | 1866 - 174 pages
...defined. They are declared by the second section of the first chapter to be "the removal of the officers, the vindication of the honor of Christ, the promotion of the purity and the general edification of the Church, and, also the benefit of the offender himself." * * * * * *... | |
 | Joseph M. Wilson - Presbyterian Church - 1867 - 534 pages
...such a construction of the Book been generally accepted, it ought to have weight in this answer to Overture. But there is no evidence that any such judicial...they were intended to be a complete and efficient 83'stem adequate to the purposes in view. If they fail of that, the avowed object of their framers... | |
 | Joseph M. Wilson - Presbyterian Church - 1867 - 542 pages
...construction is, that when the purpose of a statute is clear, the means given for effectuating it are to fee interpreted with reference to the purpose, and if...efficient system adequate to the purposes in view. If they fail of that, the avowed object of their framers is defeated. Then there is no power to remove... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Presbyterian Church - 1873 - 734 pages
...chap, i., sec. iii. II. The exercise of discipline is highly important and necessary. Its ends are the removal of offences, the vindication of the honor...Church, and also the benefit of the offender himself. Prompt Discipline best Fitted to Secure a Happy Issue. It is further the opinion of the Assembly that... | |
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