| Hannah Adams - Religions - 1805 - 558 pages
...General Assembly ot the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America." This grand assembly is to consist of an equal delegation of bishops and elders from each presbytery within their jurisdiction, by the title of " Commissioners to the General Assembly." Fourteen commissioners... | |
| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1816 - 860 pages
...the Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church, be so altered as to read as follows, viz :— " The General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation...: — each Presbytery consisting of not more than twelve ministers, shall send one minister and one elder ; each Presbytery consisting of more than twelve... | |
| 1821 - 408 pages
...read as follows, viz :— *' The General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation of bishops »nd elders from each Presbytery, in the following proportion,...— each . Presbytery consisting of not more than twelve ministers, sh;ill send one minister and one elder; each Presbytery consisting of more than twelve... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...chapter of the Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church, be so altered as to read as follows. — "The General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation...viz. — each Presbytery consisting of not more than twelve ministers, shall send one minister and one elder; each Presbytery consisting of more than twelve... | |
| 1830 - 640 pages
...body, we protest. In the" 12th chap, and 2d-section of the form of Church Government it i; enacted, "the General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation of Bishops and elders from each Presbytery." Who the persons are that are recognized as Bishops within the body of the Presbyterian church is distinctly... | |
| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1831 - 700 pages
...body, we protest. In the 12th chap, and 2d section of the form of Church Government it is enacted, "the General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation of Bishops and elders from each Presbytery." Who the persons are that are recognized as Bishops within the body of the Presbyterian church is distinctly... | |
| William Gannaway Brownlow - Presbyterianism - 1834 - 312 pages
...the voice of the people. The following are' the provisions of their government in this case:— .... "The general assembly shall consist of an equal delegation...from each presbytery, in the following proportion, namely: Each presbytery consisting of not more than nine ministers, shall send one minister and one... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Isaac Wharton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 648 pages
...the General Assembly. The form of government was amended in 1821. The General Assembly now consists of an " equal delegation of bishops and elders from each presbytery in certain proportions." The judicatories of the church consist of the session, of the presbyteries, of... | |
| Religion - 1838 - 1082 pages
...all the particular churches of this denomination." " It shall be denominated the General Assembly." " The General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation of bishops and elders from each Presbytery." The delegates or commissioners are appointed by all the Presbyteries " to consult, vote and determine,... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1838 - 1076 pages
...all the particular churches of this denomination." " It shall be denominated the General Assembly." " The General Assembly shall consist of an equal delegation of bishops and elders from each Presbytery." The delegates or commissioners are appointed by all the Presbyteries " to consult, vote and determine,... | |
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