 Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being equal, none of them having power or pre-eminence of any kind over another. There is in each parish a parochial tribunal, called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and...  Replies [afterw.] The Oracle - Page 154Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter, Barry Turner - 1865 - 756 pages
...84 186 102 Commissioned army chaplains . — 18 18 from the Episcopal Church of England. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | 1864 - 1008 pages
...of Scotland differs in many and important respects from the Episcopal Church of England. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | 1866 - 760 pages
...18 Increase 345 44 389 229 57 286 39 89 13 102 18 from the Episcopal Church of England. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1866 - 538 pages
...Scotland. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being equal, none of them having any power or pre-eminence of any kind over another. There...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1866 - 534 pages
...all the members being equal, none of them having any power or pre-eminence of any kind over mother. There is in each parish a parochial tribunal, called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | George Alfred Townsend - 1869 - 702 pages
...a comparatively recent period, it was permitted to have a separate Church establishment. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being...called a Kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - 1870 - 874 pages
...colleges. The total Roman Catholic population of Great Britain was estimated in 1869 at 2,000,000. The Church of Scotland differs in many and important...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | George Alfred Townsend - 1870 - 702 pages
...a comparatively recent period, it was permitted to have a separate Church establishment. The Scotch Church is a perfect democracy, all the members being...called a Kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton - 1872 - 838 pages
...Church has four bishops, presiding over three ' districts,' the Eastern, the Western, and the Northern. The Church of Scotland differs in many and important...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter, Barry Turner - 1876 - 876 pages
...officiating Eoman Catholic clergy at the same date was 1,697 in England and Wales, and 248 in Scotland. The Church of Scotland differs in many and important...called a kirk session, consisting of the minister, who is always resident, and of a greater or smaller number of individuals, of whom, however, there must... | |
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