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10 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 is the head of the church. He exercises His authority and governs by His Word and Spirit and has appointed officers to guide His church by following His Word and Spirit.
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List at least two key 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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All church power is “only ministerial and declarative”; “no church judicatory may make laws to bind the conscience.” God has set the standard and human courts are fallible, along with the church’s power being purely moral and spiritual, declarative and ministerial.
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What is the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America.
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All the following as adopted by the Church and subject to the Scriptures:
- Westminster Confession of Faith (Doctrinal standards) - Larger & Shorter Catechisms - The Book of Church Order, consisting of Form of Government, the Rules of Discipline and the Directory of Worship |
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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
The visible church before the law, under the law, and now under the Gospel, is one and the same and consists of all those who make profession of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, together with their children- BCO 2-1 |
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What is the power of the church?
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The power of the church is exclusively spiritual. The power which Christ has committed to his church is vested in the whole body, the rulers and those ruled consisting in a spiritual commonwealth. 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 it differ from that of the state?
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• 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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A particular church is a 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 described in the same fashion as a particular church except that it has 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) |
