Assertion: church discipline | /r/HasProperty | vital
Facets:
value: to power
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to purpose
type: PURPOSE
value: to progress
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Though church discipline is a very difficult area of doctrine and one hard to practice, it nevertheless rests upon the divine authority of Scripture and is vital to the purity, power, progress, and purpose of the church.
text: Church discipline is vital to the purity of the local body and its protection from moral decay and impure doctrinal influences.
text: Church discipline is vital to the purity of the local body and its protection from moral decay and impure doctrinal influences.