The Historical Development of the Book of Church Order
Chapter 21 : The Ordination and Installation of Ministers
Paragraph 3
21-3. No Presbytery shall ordain any intern to the office of minister of the Word with reference to his laboring within the bounds of another Presbytery, but shall furnish him with the necessary testimonials, and require him to repair to the Presbytery within whose bounds he expects to labor, that he may submit himself to its authority, according to the Constitution of the Church. [Historical Summary : Where PCA 1973 and earlier editions had "licentiate or candidate," the current text now simply has "intern". This change dates to ________. The originating text dates to the major revision of the PCUS BCO in 1925.] BACKGROUND & COMPARISON: |