The Historical Development of the Book of Church Order

Chapter 18 : Candidates for the Gospel Ministry

Paragraph 1 : The Candidate Defined

18-1. A candidate for the ministry is a member of the Church in full communion who, believing himself to be called to preach the Gospel, submits himself to the care and guidance of the Presbytery in his course of study and of practical training to prepare himself for this office.

DIGEST:

BACKGROUND & COMPARISON:
PCA 1973, 19-1, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly, p. 137
and
Presbyterian Church 1973, 19-1, Proposed text, p. 21
A Candidate for the ministry is a member of the Church in full communion who, believing himself to be called to preach the Gospel, enters on a course of study and of practical training to prepare himself for this office.

PCUS 1933, XXI, § 102
and
PCUS 1925, XXI, § 102
A candidate for the ministry is a member of the Church in full communion who, believing himself to be called to preach the Gospel, enters on a course of study and of practical training to prepare himself for this office.

No comparable text in the following editions:
1. PCUS 1879

2. PCUS 1869 draft
3. PCUS 1867 draft

COMMENTARY:
F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order (1898)

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