Download or read book Pastoral Discipline and the Church Courts written by Michael George Smith and published by Borthwick Publications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Church Courts and Church Discipline written by Robert Isaac Wilberforce and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Church Courts and Church Discipline written by Robert Isaac Wilberforce and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking study explores the history of ecclesiastical law and the role of the church courts in enforcing discipline among the clergy and laity. Combining rigorous scholarship with a clear and engaging writing style, it is an indispensable resource for historians, theologians, and legal scholars. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Church Courts and Church Discipline written by Robert Isaac Wilberforce and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... and no Episcopalian will question the declaration so confidently made by St. Ignatius, that this power was lodged with the Bishops of the Church. To them was intrusted separation from or admission to the Christian Communion; they kept the roll of the faithful, and could diminish or augment it. Thus we read of Marcion, as ejected from the Church's Communion by his father, the Bishop of Sinope, and other instances could be produced in early time were their accumulation needful. This rule of the Bishops is called by St. Cyprian " the sublime and divine power of governing the Church," and their right of ejecting men from its Communion he calls, " that spiritual sword, whereby they slay the proud and contumacious."f The same principle appears in all the writings of that age. The Council of Laodicea calls their authority an "Empire," and the 47th Canon so called of the Apostles enjoins the deposition of a Clergyman who unjustly accuses his Bishop, because it is written, "Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people." In like manner does Origen mention "Senators and rulers over God's Church," and St. Chrysostom, in his Homily (xv.) on the 7th Chapter of the 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians, enters at large into the nature of their power. "There are two kinds of authority, by one whereof men rule over people and cities, and sustain the framework of civil society. To this St. Paul referred when he said, 'Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, for there is no power but of God, the powers that be are ordained Cyprian Ep. ad Cornel, lix. j Id. iv. of God.' But there is a second power higher than the political one, of which St. Paul said, ' Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls as...
Download or read book Church Discipline and the Courts written by Lynn Robert Buzzard and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tale of Two Governments written by Robert J. Renaud and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does church discipline have to do with the separation of church and state? At first glance, they seem like a strange combination: one, a relatively obscure church procedure, and the other, a hotly contested legal and political issue. But they have been forced together as a growing number of churches find themselves in court. Behind these court cases is an almost forgotten history of the relationship between church and state. This story is an important one for every American who cares about religious freedom, and for every Christian who cares about the integrity of the church.
Download or read book Church Discipline written by Jonathan Leeman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more church leaders, pastors, and members are looking for guidance on how to practice church discipline in a biblical way. Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations. Drawing on both Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 5, this brief hardback helps leaders face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no exact scriptural case study exists, sins which don't show up on any list and need a healthy framework to be corrected appropriately in love. This volume is part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series. Look for upcoming, quick-read formats of the following marks of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, the gospel, conversion, evangelism, church membership, discipleship and growth, and church leadership.
Download or read book Still Time to Care written by Greg Johnson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism. We see with them a positive pastoral approach toward gay people, an approach that viewed homosexuality as a fallen condition experienced by some Christians who needed care more than cure. With the birth and rise of the ex-gay movement, the focus shifted from care to cure. As a result, there are an estimated 700,000 people alive today who underwent conversion therapy in the United States alone. Many of these patients were treated by faith-based, testimony-driven parachurch ministries centered on the ex-gay script. Despite the best of intentions, the movement ended with very troubling results. Yet the ex-gay movement died not because it had the wrong sex ethic. It died because it was founded on a practice that diminished the beauty of the gospel. Yet even after the closure of the ex-gay umbrella organization Exodus International in 2013, the ex-gay script continues to walk about as the undead among us, pressuring people like me to say, "I used to be gay, but I'm not gay anymore. Now I'm just same-sex attracted." For orthodox Christians, the way forward is a path back to where we were forty years ago. It is time again to focus with our Neo-Evangelical fathers on care--not cure--for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus. With warmth and humor as well as original research, Still Time to Care will chart the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care. It will provide guidance for the gay person who hears the gospel and finds themselves smitten by the life-giving call of Jesus. Woven throughout the book will be Richard Lovelace’s 1978 call for a "double repentance" in which gay Christians repent of their homosexual sins and the church repents of its homophobia--putting on display for all the power of the gospel.
Download or read book Ecclesiastical Law Clergy and Laity written by Neil Patterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discipline in an ecclesiastical context can be defined as the power of a church to maintain order among its members on issues of morals or doctrine. This book presents a scholarly engagement with the way in which legal discipline has evolved within the Church of England since 1688. It explores how the Church of England, unusually among Christian churches, has come to be without means of effective legal discipline in matters of controversy, whether liturgical, doctrinal, or moral. The author excludes matters of blatant scandal to focus on issues where discipline has been attempted in controversial matters, focussing on particular cases. The book makes connections between law, the state of the Church, and the underlying theology of justice and freedom. At a time when doctrinal controversy is widespread across all Christian traditions, it is argued that the Church of England has an inheritance here in need of cherishing and sharing with the universal Church. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in the areas of law and religion, and ecclesiastical history. .
Download or read book Under Authority Report on Clergy Discipline written by Church of England. General Synod. Working Party reviewing Clergy Discipline and the Working of the Ecclesiastical Courts and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1996 report examines the system of clergy discipline, outlines its perceived strengths and weaknesses, and makes a number of recommendations for a comprehensive change in the way that this difficult issue might be handled.
Download or read book Pastor Church Law written by Richard R. Hammar and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stay Out of Court and Stay in Ministry written by Clarance E. Hagglund and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay Out Of Court And Stay In Ministry is written to help pastors prevent costly and career-ending lawsuits. It sets forth the most common legal claims asserted against religious organizations, and the defenses churches have successfully raised. ... We describe real-life legal claims against churches and analyze the outcomes, pro or con. We focus on the claims most frequently asserted against churches. Some of the trends defy conventional wisdom. For example, there are few suits for clergy malpractice, but many successful suits for slippery sidewalks. (from the Introduction) Your book should be required reading for every church pastor and primary lay leader, along with the property board chairperson ... excellent illustrations. Rev. Carl Buettemeier Newport Lutheran Church Newport, Minnesota Hagglund and Weimer ... give just enough information to understand and act responsibly. At the same time they do not bury the reader with legalese ... I especially appreciate the list of specific suggestions at the end of each chapter. Rev. Thomas D. Harris St. Nicholas Episcopal Church Richfield, Minnesota I know there are very specific changes I will make in my ministry because of reading this book. Paul D. Johnson Senior Pastor, Woodridge Church National Director of Church Planting, Baptist General Conference Clarance E. Hagglund, J.D., is a litigation attorney practicing primarily in insurance coverage, professional liability, and other complex commercial litigation, trial and appellate. He is a Civil Trial Specialist certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; a National Board of Trial Advocacy Director; a Diplomate with the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys; and a member of the Professional Liability Section of the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. He is a member of The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis. Britton D. Weimer, J.D., is a litigation attorney practicing primarily in insurance and commercial litigation, trial and appellate. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Weimer has authored articles published in Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, the Real Estate Law Journal, the Hofstra Property Law Journal, and the Banking Law Journal. He is a member of Woodridge Church in Medina, Minnesota.
Download or read book A Manual of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church South written by Holland Nimmons McTyeire and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Including the Decisions of the College of Bishops and Rules of Order Applicable to Ecclesiastical Courts and Conferences written by Holland Nimmons McTyeire and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Is a Healthy Church written by Mark Dever and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2007 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guides both pastors and members to recognize key characteristics of a healthy church and then challenge each person to do his or her part in developing those characteristics in the local church body.
Download or read book Vital Ministry Issues written by Roy B. Zuck and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-08-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Vital'...pertaining to life; essential; of critical importance. 'Ministry'...the giving of service, care, or aid; the function of the Christian minister or pastor. 'Issues'...a point or matter, the decision of which is of special or public importance. A dictionary can define the terms, but the real issues of ministry are faced each day by pastors, teachers, missionaries, and Christian leaders. 'Vital Ministry Issues' explores a wide range of concerns and conflicts in contemporary ministry, from the nature and responsibilities of the pastoral role to the organization and leadership of the local church. Some of the chapters included in this volume are: The World's Challenge to the Church by John R. W. Stott Priorities for the Local Church by Raymond C. Ortlund The Place of the Small Church in Today's World by Kenneth O. Gangel Court Involvement in Church Discipline by Jay A. Quine Everyone involved in ministry - from the pastor to the lay church leader to the church staff member - will appreciate the insights and focus of 'Vital Ministry Issues'.
Download or read book Portrait of Calvin written by T. H. L. Parker and published by Herron Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
