Those labelled " Erastian " at the Assembly believed the civil authority, rather than church officers, should hold the power of church discipline.
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The sacristy was where the church plate and vestments were kept, and it also provided lodgings for a church officer known as the sacristan.
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Presbyterians in the United States chose as one of their top officers a female pastor who believes in ordaining homosexuals and appointing them as church officers.
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Church officers and lawyers have spoken with Lorch and his lawyers to learn the truth and unravel the gnarled roots of relationships formed over the past 40 years.
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This is in contrast with Catholic canon law that allows the pope ( should he wish ) to interfere in the appointment of church officers at any level.
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One section, for example, rejects any church officer who refuses " to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin ."
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And inside the church, according to one tradition, the beadle ( church officer ) allowed an illicit still to be kept in the space under the pulpit.
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This proposal, called Amendment A, asked that church officers show " fidelity and integrity in marriage or singleness, and in all relationships of life ."
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But the amendment approved Friday night, if ratified, would overpower that ruling by prohibiting church officers from performing gay commitment ceremonies and barring such ceremonies from church property.
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The church last week revealed it had documented 38 cases of sexual abuse by church officers in the past 50 years, and offered victims an " unreserved " apology.
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