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12 Cards in this Set
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I. Who is the head of the church? How does he exercise his authority?
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Christ alone.
By His Word and Spirit. By His appointed officers, under the above. |
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List at least 6 of 8 principles of Presbyterian church government
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1. God alone is Lord of the conscience.
2. Every church, or body, has the right to determine its qualifications for its members. 3. Christ himself has appointed officers in his church. 4. Godliness is founded on truth. 5. Teachers should be sound in the faith. 6. Each particular body has a right to elect its own officers. 7. Church power is only ministerial and declarative and therefore not legislative. 8. Church discipline must be purely moral and spiritual in nature and therefore not civil. |
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Can the church “bind” men's consciences? Why or why not?
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"No church judicatory may make laws to bind the conscience.”
Human courts are fallible. Church’s power is declarative and ministerial. |
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What is the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America.
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In Subjection to the Scriptures:
- WCF - Larger & Shorter Catechisms - BCO |
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2. What is the visible church? Who are its members?
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The visible church consists of all who make profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and their children with them.
BCO 2-1 |
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What is the power of the church?
Upon whom is it vested? What is this power used to do? |
The power of the church is exclusively spiritual. The power which Christ has committed to his church is vested in the whole body.
This power is to proclaim, to administer, and to enforce the law of Christ revealed in the Scriptures. BCO 3, esp 3.1; 3.3; 3.4) |
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How does the church's power it differ from that of the state?
How does it derive its laws? |
• Church: Power exclusively spiritual.
Constitution derived from a higher source • State: Includes the use of force Derives from human reason and the course of providential events (BCO 3-4) |
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What is a particular church?
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Local congregation with a permanent governing body
(BCO 5-1) |
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What is a mission church?
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A mission church is a local congregation with no permanent governing body and thus must be governed or supervised by others.
[Goal is to mature and be organized as a particular church as soon as this can be done decently and in good order (BCO 5-1)] |
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What two kinds of members does the church have? What are their respective rights and privileges?
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• Communing- all rights and privileges of the church (voting, office holding, and admission to the Lord’s table) (BCO 6-2, 6-4)
• Non-communing members- entitled to baptism, pastoral oversight, instruction, and government of the church (BCO 6-1) • Associate members- all the rights and privileges of the church except voting in congregational meetings and holding office in that church (6-4) |
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What permanent officers has Christ given to his church?
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Ruling Elders, Teaching Elders and Deacons (BCO 7-2)
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What are the qualifications for an elder?
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Character and Knowledge:
*Competency of human learning *Blameless life *Sound in faith *Apt to teach *Sobriety and holiness of life becoming of the gospel *Rules his own house well *Have a good report of those outside the church (BCO 8-2) |
