 Hence, one of the ends of discipline, as laid down in our standards, is "the removal of offences" from the Church of Christ. In the very outset, then, it becomes necessary to ascertain what is an offence. In our Book of Discipline, it is defined to be...  Reports of the Boards - Page 10by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Edward Mitchell - Excommunication - 1823 - 26 pages
...of the US of America, Book 2d of Discipline, Chap. 1. Sec. 3. we read — "An offence is any thing in the principles or practice of a Church member,...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification." 13 In the letter of February 16, 1822, from the Clerk of Session, it it • Resolved, that Mrs. Townsend... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1842 - 672 pages
...of God. No man can be disciplined for any thing but an "offence," and an offence is defined to be, "anything in the principles or practice of a church...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification. Nothing, therefore, ought to be considered by any judicatory as an oll'encc, or admitted as a matter... | |
 | Amos Augustus Phelps - Slavery - 1848 - 180 pages
...the common ecclesiastical usage. The Presbyterian Book of Discipline declares that, "an offence is anything in the principles or practice of a Church...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification." And it is notorious, that in the common and general usage of the Churches and ecclesiastical bodies,... | |
 | Theology - 1857 - 992 pages
...of baptism inferior to the Supper of the Lord? (6) The Book of Discipline says, that an " Offence is anything in the principles or practice of a Church...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification," (Discipline, ch. 1, sec. 3). If neglect of infant baptism is not an offence, according to the above... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 722 pages
...offences. The Book of Discipline gives the following definition of an offence: "An offence is any thing, in the principles or practice of a church member, which is contrary to the Word of God, and which, if it be not in its own nature sinful, may tempt others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification."... | |
 | United Presbyterian Church of North America - 1860 - 112 pages
...body of Chist. 3. An offence, the ground of discipline, is anything in the avowed belief, or in the practice of a church member which is contrary to the word of God, and the standards of the United Presbyterian Church ; or which in its nature and circumstances is calculated... | |
 | Samuel John Baird - Presbyterian Church - 1864 - 156 pages
...subject of admonition from the Elders.1 But an offence, the proper subject of judicial discipline, is anything in the principles or practice of a church member, which is an actual and open violation of the law of God, directly calculated to ensnare others, to mar the edification... | |
 | 1866 - 474 pages
...it becomes necessary to ascertain what is an offence. In our Book of Discipline, it is deflned to be "anything in the principles or practice of a church...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification." (Chap, i., \ 3. ) That the practice of manufacturing and retailing intoxicating drinks, is, in its... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1866 - 712 pages
...discipline is the removal of offences;" and that an " offence is anything in the principles or practices of a church member, which is contrary to the word...others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification," militate against this view. For first, discipline is not limited to judicial processes and penalties... | |
 | Charles S. Robinson - Hymns, English - 1872 - 498 pages
...offence is anything inthe principle» or practice of a church-meinher, which is conimry to the word «f God; or which, if it be not in its own nature sinful, nwy tempt others lo sin. or mar their !>pltitunl edification. IV Nothing, tlieu-fori-, oilL'llt tO... | |
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