THE

CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT

OF THE

Presbyterian Church in Ireland,

WITH A

DIRECTORY

FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ORDINANCES.

Published by the Authority of the General Assembly.

BELFAST:

1887.

PRINTED AT

THE UNIVERSITY BOOK-PRINTING HOUSE,

(Allen, Son & Allen),

40 AND 42 ARTHUR STREET.

IV. Power of the Teaching and Ruling Elders of the Church in

things spiritual..

V. Right of Private Judgment..

VI. Right of Church Members to choose their Officers

CHAPTER II.

THE RULE OF FAITH.

CHAPTER III.

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THE JUDICATORIES OR COURTS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

I. Judicatories and their Constitution

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II. Powers of Judicatories, and their Relations to one another

III. General Rules for the Management of Business in Judicatories

IV. Rules for the Management of Business in Church Courts in

cases of Reference and Appeal

CHAPTER IV.

THE SESSION.

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I. Qualifications of Deacons and their Appointment to Office .

II. Duties of the Board of Deacons

IV. Jurisdiction of the Presbytery over Sessions and Boards of

V. Jurisdiction of the Presbytery over Students for the Ministry

VI. Jurisdiction of the Presbytery over Licentiates and Ministers

without Charge

VII. Jurisdiction of the Presbytery over Congregations:

1. Formation, Amalgamation, and General Oversight of Con-

gregations

2. Supply of Ordinances in Congregations which are without

Ministers, or where Ministers have retired from Active

Duty

3. Preparation of Lists of Voters for Congregations Requiring

Ministers

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4. Arrangements for the Hearing of Candidates in Congre-

5. Moderation in Calls from Congregations to Ministers or

Licentiates

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I. Meetings of the General Assembly

II. Powers of the General Assembly

III. Committees of the General Assembly

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CHAPTER X.

PROCEDURE IN CASES OF SCANDAL AND IN THE INFLICTION AND

III. Procedure where there is a Fama Clamosa

IV. Procedure where there is a Complaint

V. Special Rules as to Cases before the Session

VI. Special Rules as to Cases before the Presbytery

VII. Sentences

CHAPTER XI.

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6. The Administration of the Lord's Supper

IV. Days of Humiliation and Thanksgiving

V. Secret Devotion and Family Worship

VI. Prayer Meetings

VII. The Solemnization of Marriage

VIII. Ministerial Visitation

CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY'S COLLEGES.

I. The Presbyterian College, Belfast..

II. The Magee Presbyterian College, Londonderry

CHAPTER XIII.

THE SUSTENTATION FUND.

I. Objects of the Fund and Claims upon it

II. Organization of the Fund

III. Management of the Fund