The constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Subtitle: containing the Confession of faith, the catechisms, and the Directory for the worship of God; together with the plan of government and discipline as ratified and adopted by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia in the year of Our Lord 1788; and as amended in the years 1805-1888
Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Government; Doctrines; Discipline; Catechisms; Liturgy; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Table of contents: title: I. Confession of faith; title: I. Of the Holy Scripture; title: II. Of God, and the Holy Trinity; title: III. Of God's eternal decree; title: IV. Of creation; title: V. Of providence; title: VI. Of the fall of man, of sin, and of the punishment thereof; title: VII. Of God's covenant with man; title: VIII. Of Christ the mediator; title: IX. Of free will; title: X. Of effectual calling; title: XI. Of justification; title: XII. Of adoption; title: XIII. Of sanctification; title: XIV. Of saving faith; title: XV. Of repentance unto life; title: XVI. Of good works; title: XVII. Of the perseverance of the saints; title: XVIII. Of the assurance of grace and salvation; title: XIX. Of the law of God; title: XX. Of Christian liberty, and liberty of conscience; title: XXI. Of religious worship and the Sabbath day; title: XXII. Of lawful oaths and vows; title: XXIII. Of the civil magistrate; title: XXIV. Of marriage and divorce; title: XXV. Of the church; title: XXVI. Of the communion of the saints; title: XXVII. Of the sacraments; title: XXVIII. Of baptism; title: XXIX. Of the Lord's supper; title: XXX. Of church censures; title: XXXI. Of synods and councils; title: XXXII. Of the state of man after death, and of the resurrection of the dead; title: XXXIII. Of the last judgment; title: II. The larger catechism; title: III. The shorter catechism; title: The Ten Commandments; title: The Lord's prayer; title: The creed; title: IV. The form of government; title: I. Of government; title: I. Preliminary principles; title: II. Of the church; title: III. Of the officers of the church; title: IV. Of bishops or pastors; title: V. Of ruling elders; title: VI. Of deacons; title: VII. Of ordinances in a particular church; title: VIII. Of church government, and the several kinds of judicatories; title: IX. Of the church session; title: X. Of the presbytery; title: XI. Of the synod; title: XII. Of the General Assembly; title: XIII. Of electing and ordaining ruling elders and deacons; title: XIV. Of licensing candidates or probationers to preach the gospel; title: XV. Of the election and ordination of bishops or pastors, and evangelists; title: XVI. Of translation, or removing a minster from one charge to another; title: XVII. Of resigning pastoral charge; title: XVIII. Of missions; title: XIX. Of moderators; title: XX. Of clerks; title: XXI. Of vacant congregations assembling for public worship; title: XXII. Of commissioners to the General Assembly; title: II. Of discipline; title: I. Of discipline: its nature, ends, and subjects; title: II. Of the parties in cases of process; title: III. Of charges and specifications; title: IV. Of process: general rules pertaining to all cases; title: V. Special rules pertaining to cases before sessions; title: VI. General rules pertaining to the trial of a minister, elder, or deacon; title: VII. Of cases without process; title: VIII. Of evidence; title: IX. Of the ways in which a cause may be carried from a lower to a higher judicatory; title: 1. Of general review to control; title: 2. Of references; title: 3. Of complaints; title: 4. Of appeals; title: X. Of dissents and protests; title: XI. Of jurisdiction in cases of dismission; title: XII. Of removals, and limitation of time; title: XXIII. Of judicial commission; title: V. The directory for the worship of God; title: I. Of the sanctification of the Lord's Day; title: II. Of the assembling of the congregation and their behavior during divine service; title: III. Of the public reading of the Holy Scriptures; title: IV. Of the singing of Psalms; title: V. Of public prayer; title: VI. Of the worship of God by offerings; title: VII. Of the preaching of the word; title: VIII. Of the administration of baptism; title: IX. Of the administration of the Lord's Supper; title: X. Of the administration of persons sealing ordinances; title: XI. Of the mode of inflicting and removing censures; title: XII. Of the solemnization of marriage; title: XIII. Of the visitation of the sick; title: XIV. Of the burial of the dead; title: XV. Of fasting, and of the observation of the days of thanksgiving; title: XVI. The directory for secret and family worship.