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Presbyterian

presbyterian a presbytery that part of the church where divine offices are performed applied to the choir or chancel because it was the place appro priated to the bishop priest and other clergy while the laity were confined to the body of the church dugd mon i 243

Presbyterian Church of Scotland

presbyterian church of scotland the established church of scotland see will 1 mary c 5 the union of scotland act 1706 6 ann c 11 and free church of scotland general assembly v overtoun lord 1904 ac 515

Presbyterian Church of England

presbyterian church of england a protestant church constituted under the book or order of that church

Presbyterians

..... ejected by the act of uniformity in 1662 they spread over the country and founded presbyterian churches in almost every part of it in process of time however many of these ..... presbyterian congregations gradually changed their views some becoming independents others baptists and not a few became .....

Deacon

..... admitted to the lowest order in the ministry subordinate to the bishops and priests in presbyterian churches he is subordinate to the minister and elders and has charge of certain duties ..... in congregational churches he is subordinate to the pastor and has duties as in the presbyterian church

Church of Scotland

..... of the greater part of the free church formed in 1843 and of the united presbyterian church which represented most of the earlier secession movements

Westminster confession

westminster confession a document containing a statement of religious doctrine drawn up at a conference of british and continental protestant divines at westminster in the year 1643 which subsequently became the basis of the scotch presbyterian church

Ordination

..... twenty fourth to receive priest orders 4 geo 3 c 43 canon 34 in the presbyterian and congregational churches ordination means the act of establishing a licensed preacher over a congregation .....

Episcopalian

episcopalian a dissentient in scotland from the established presbyterian church and an adherent of the reformed catholic church deriving apostolic successon from the apostles the clergy of this kind are now placed nearly on a footing with the clergy of the church of england when in this country see 27 28 vict c 94

Presbyterian

of or pertaining to a presbyter or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters relating to those who uphold church government by...

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