Elder Moderatorship
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Elder Moderatorship
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Author : Elias Riggs Montfort
language : en
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Release Date : 1887
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Elder Moderatorship
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Author : Elias Riggs Monfort
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-19
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Excerpt from Elder-Moderatorship: A Discussion of the Elder-Moderator Overtures This discussion grew out of declarations of Dr. Gray in answer to articles by Rev. Drs. Patterson and Ritchie, as well as the editors of the Herald and Presbyter, defying us to meet him in the discussion of the Elder-Moderator Overtures on Scripture ground. After six articles had been published, it was agreed that the propositions to be discussed should be: I. Ruling elders and ministers are not of the same scriptural order, though they have some functions in common. II. It is inexpedient to adopt the overtures now before the Church concerning the eligibility of ruling elders to the moderatorship. I agreed to discuss the scriptural questions involved, although the Assembly, in submitting the overtures, did not intend any investigation or change of the Bible basis of our church polity. In defending our system, I have tried to show that Jesus Christ, the antitype of prophets, priests and kings of the Jewish Church, became, when on earth, the visible Head of the Church, claiming all power in heaven and on earth; appointed his apostles, the first presbytery, to be his representatives and witnesses, and sent them to preach and dispense the sacraments and ordination; they first chose a successor to Judas, "to take part with them in this ministry and apostleship," and then began to preach and dispense holy ordinances; that they soon ordained Paul as an "apostle and a preacher," and with him, Barnabas as a minister; that Timothy, Titus, and others, were ordained ministers by the laying on of the hands of the presbytery; that ministers were preachers and rulers in unity of office, exercising rulership in the churches where they were pastors, and general rulership over all the churches, in virtue of their presbyterial ordination, authority and membership; that they and the churches they planted were the visible Church - superseding the Jewish economy and administration, which ceased to have any authority, as a visible organization and government in the Kingdom of God, and became the enemy of the Church of Christ, as it is to this day; that the apostles, and the ministers they ordained, appointed elders in every church, most probably the choice of the people, as in the election of the first deacons; that the parochial elders were only rulers, in conjunction with these preaching elders or ministers, in churches where there were pastors; that the functions and duties of ministers and parochial elders were different - that the latter were rulers only, and that the office of the former, is rulership and preaching in unity; that ruling elders are representatives of the people in the church at home and as delegates to higher courts; that the duties of a moderator require the exercise of ministerial functions, and, though a ruling elder could preside over some proceedings, it would lead to debate and confusion in deciding what he could do or could not do as moderator; that the overture, if adopted, would make our system a confusion and a contradiction, and that it is inexpedient to adopt it. This is the line of argument that I have pursued in the discussion. I ask the reader carefully to note that all Dr. Gray's quotations of authorities, save one, have reference to the parity of the ministry as against prelacy, and no reference to the parity of ministers and ruling elders. I am glad to print on the last page of the cover of this pamphlet the call for its publication, hoping for a more careful reading thereby. Dr. Gray, before the debate, proposed to join me in the publication of the discussion, but declined when it was ended. Instead of assisting in the publication and circulation of the whole discussion, he has published a treatise of his own, and I am left to do the work alone. I ask all to read and circulate the pamphlet - especially among ruling elders. E. R. Monfort.
A Manual For Ruling Elders
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Author : William Henry Roberts
language : en
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Release Date : 1897
A Manual For Ruling Elders written by William Henry Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Elders (Church officers) categories.
The Downside Review
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language : en
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Release Date : 1886
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Report
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Author : State Library of Massachusetts
language : en
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Release Date : 1891
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A Sermon Or Address On The Elder Moderator And The Ruling Elder Etc
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Author : Ralph Earl PRIME
language : en
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Release Date : 1895
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Bulletin
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Author : Cincinnati (Ohio), Public Library
language : en
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Release Date : 1888
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Report Of The Librarian And Annual Supplement To The General Catalogue
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Author : State Library of Massachusetts
language : en
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Release Date : 1895
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The Presbyterian Quarterly
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language : en
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Release Date : 1898
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Supplement To The Digest Of The Acts And Proceedings Of The General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In The United States
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Author : William Addison Alexander
language : en
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Release Date : 1898
Supplement To The Digest Of The Acts And Proceedings Of The General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In The United States written by William Addison Alexander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.