A 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 ConferencesSouthern Methodist Publishing House, 1870 - 263 pages |
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Page 15
... guilty of the violation of some law , or at least some disciplinary obligation of the Church , and also upon conviction of such charge after due form of trial . ” " As the M. E. Church is now organized , GENERAL CONFERENCE . 15.
... guilty of the violation of some law , or at least some disciplinary obligation of the Church , and also upon conviction of such charge after due form of trial . ” " As the M. E. Church is now organized , GENERAL CONFERENCE . 15.
Page 73
... guilty of maladminis- tration unless he proceeds with the trial . In 1860 a member applied to his pastor for a cer- tificate . " It did not appear that he intended to remove his membership to another circuit or station , and he declined ...
... guilty of maladminis- tration unless he proceeds with the trial . In 1860 a member applied to his pastor for a cer- tificate . " It did not appear that he intended to remove his membership to another circuit or station , and he declined ...
Page 80
... guilt or innocence of an accused member ; and that the act of retaining or rejecting such members being one for which the minister must answer to the Head of the Church , the decision of that question ought not to be left to laymen , as ...
... guilt or innocence of an accused member ; and that the act of retaining or rejecting such members being one for which the minister must answer to the Head of the Church , the decision of that question ought not to be left to laymen , as ...
Page 82
... guilt or innocence of accused mem- bers , does not divest the pastor of great and pe- culiar responsibilities . With him ... guilty . Ref . Journal Gen. Conf . , 1866 , p . 95 . The obligation of pastors to institute a course of in- 82 ...
... guilt or innocence of accused mem- bers , does not divest the pastor of great and pe- culiar responsibilities . With him ... guilty . Ref . Journal Gen. Conf . , 1866 , p . 95 . The obligation of pastors to institute a course of in- 82 ...
Page 101
... not be reproved ; the excommunication and formal cutting off from the visible Church of Christ of * Journal Gen. Conf . , 1850 , p . 207 . those guilty of crimes , and gross immoralities , and ECCLESIASTICAL CENSURES . 101.
... not be reproved ; the excommunication and formal cutting off from the visible Church of Christ of * Journal Gen. Conf . , 1850 , p . 207 . those guilty of crimes , and gross immoralities , and ECCLESIASTICAL CENSURES . 101.
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A Manual of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South ... Holland Nimmons Mctyeire No preview available - 2018 |
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accused admitted adopted affirmative amendment Annual Conference appeal appointed assembly Bishop Hedding Bishop Waugh body called censure chair character Church-court College of Bishops committee complaint Conf consent constitutional court deacon debate decided decision delegates Discipline disposed District doctrines duty ecclesiastical election ence Episcopacy eral Conference evidence exhorter expelled expulsion fact ference give guilty immorality INCIDENTAL QUESTIONS insert itinerant Journal Gen judgment license local preacher majority matter McKendree ment Methodist Episcopal Church minister ministerial motion to adjourn moved offense party pastor pending person point of order postpone preacher in charge present Presiding Elder presiding officer previous question proceedings proposition Quarterly Conference question of privilege record referred resolution Rules of Order says Bishop Secretary session standing stewards strike Superintendents suspend taken terly Conference testimony tion traveling preacher trial unless vote witness words yeas and nays
Popular passages
Page 87 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 253 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 115 - ... must give an account. We will admonish him of the error of his ways ; we will bear with him for a season ; but then if he repent not he hath no more place among us. We have delivered our own souls.
Page 187 - He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 117 - God, sufficient to exclude a person from the kingdom of grace and glory, let the minister or preacher who has the charge of the circuit, expel him.
Page 173 - hearsay' is used with reference to that which is written, as well as to that which is spoken, and in its legal sense it denotes that kind of evidence which does not derive its value solely from the credit to be given to the witness himself, but rests also in part on the veracity^ and competency of some other person.
Page 238 - No member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the House ; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Page 237 - ... 3. The President shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Conference, and in case of such appeal the question shall be taken without debate, except that the President may state the grounds of his decision, and the appellant may state the grounds of his appeal.
Page 131 - The General Conference shall have full powers to make rules and regulations for our Church, under the following limitations and restrictions, namely : 1. The General Conference shall not revoke, alter, or change our articles of Religion, nor establish any new standards or rules of doctrine contrary to our present existing and established standards of doctrine.
Page 166 - A party never shall be permitted to produce general evidence to discredit his own witness, for that would be to enable 'him to destroy the witness if he spoke against him...