 | Elisha Pope Swift - Bible - 1821 - 224 pages
...elders^ and how are they to be ordained when elected by the congregation? A " Ruling elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them...discipline, in conjunction with pastors -or ministers, 1 Tim. v. 17, Rom. xii. 7, 8, Acts XT. 25. This office has been understood by a great part of the protestant... | |
 | Clergy - 1830 - 282 pages
...this authority upon their successors. 2. The order and cooperation of ruling elders. They are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them...discipline in conjunction with pastors or ministers. 3. The union of its churches under courts of review and control. The Church Session is the lowest ecclesiastical... | |
 | Christian education - 1829 - 532 pages
...their successors. 2. The order and cooperation of ruling elders. Thfy are properly the representative« of the people, chosen by them for the purpose of exercising...discipline in conjunction with pastors or ministers. 3. The union of its churches under courts of review and control. The Church Session is the lowest ecclesiastical... | |
 | American education society - 1830 - 304 pages
...this authority upon their successors. 2. The order and cooperation of ruling elders. They are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them...discipline in conjunction with pastors or ministers. 3. The union of its churches under courts of review and control. The Church Session is the lowest ecclesiastical... | |
 | Preaching - 1835 - 208 pages
...of God. According to the form of government of the Presbyterian Church, " ruling elders are properly the Representatives of the people, chosen by them...discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers." For this, and for other purposes, they are to be " over* seers." They are included in the references... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 558 pages
...season t 1 Cor. iv. 1, 2. — Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. tives of the people, chosen by them for the purpose of exercising...discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers. * This office has been understood, by a great part of the Protestant Reformed Churches, to be designated... | |
 | Francis Patrick Kenrick - Theology, Doctrinal - 1840 - 414 pages
...Walchium Introd. licv §. xvi. p. 521. (2) Inst. l. iv. c. iii. n. 15. (3) " Ruling elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them...discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers." Form of Government ch. v. (4) " Presbyteries shall license probationers to preach the Gospel, that... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Bible - 1843 - 914 pages
...OF RULING ELDERS. UCLINO elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them tor the purpose of exercising government and discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers. This office has been understood, by a great part of the Protestan: Reformed Churches, to be designated... | |
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RULING elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them for the purpose of exercising government and discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers. This office has been understood, by a great part of the Protestant Reformed... 
