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Zoeken > Literatuur > Oene, W.W.J. van, With common consent, 1990

A practical guide to the use of the Church Order of the Canadian Reformed Churches

auteur(s): Oene, W.W.J. van
genre: Commentaren
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uitgever: Premier Publishing
plaats: Winnipeg
jaar: 1990
druk: 1
ISBN/ISSN: 0-88756-050-4
aantal pagina's: 365
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • With Common Consent
  • Article 1. Purpose and Division
  • Article 2. The Offices
  • Article 3. The Calling to Office
  • Article 4. Eligibillity tor the Ministry
  • Article 5. Ordination and Installation of Ministers of the Word
  • Article 6. Bound to a Church
  • Article 7. Recent Converts
  • Article 8. Exceptional gifts
  • Article 9. From One Church to Another
  • Article 10. Proper Support
  • Article 11. Dismissal
  • Article 12. Bound for Life
  • Article 13. Retirement of Ministers
  • Article 14. Temporary Release
  • Article 15. Preaching in Other Places
  • Article 16. The Office of Ministers of the Word
  • Article 17. Equality Amoung the Ministers of the Word
  • Article 18. Missionaries
  • Article 19. Training for Ministry
  • Article 20. Students of Theology
  • Article 21. An Edifiying Word
  • Article 22. The Office of Elder
  • Article 23. The Office of Deacon
  • Article 24. Term of Office
  • Article 25. Equality to Be Maintained
  • Article 26. Subscription to the Confessions
  • Article 27. False Doctrine
  • Article 28. Civil Authorities
  • Article 29. The Ecclesiastical Assemblies
  • Article 30. Ecclesiastical Matters
  • Article 31. Appeals
  • Article 32. Credentials
  • Article 33. Proposals
  • Article 34. Proceedings
  • Article 35. President
  • Article 36. Clerk
  • Article 37. Jurisdiction
  • Article 38. Consistory
  • Article 39. Consistory and the Deacons
  • Article 40. Constitution of a Constistory
  • Article 41. Places without a Consistory
  • Article 42. Meetings of Deacons
  • Article 43. Archives
  • Article 44. Classis
  • Article 45. Cousellors
  • Article 46. Church Visitors
  • Article 47. Regional Synod
  • Article 48. Deputies of Regional Synod
  • Article 49. General Synod
  • Article 50. Churches Abroad
  • Article 51. Mission
  • Article 52. Worship Services
  • Article 53. Days of Commemoration
  • Article 54. Days of Prayer
  • Article 55. Psalms and Hymns
  • Article 56. Administration of Sacraments
  • Article 57. Baptism
  • Article 58. Schools
  • Article 59. Baptism of Adults
  • Article 60. Lord's Supper
  • Article 61. Admission to the Lord's Supper
  • Article 62. Attestations
  • Article 63. Marriage
  • Article 64. Church Records
  • Article 65. Funerals
  • Article 66. Nature And Purpose of Church Discipline
  • Article 67. Consistory Involvement
  • Article 68. Excommunication
  • Article 69. Repentance
  • Article 70. Readmission
  • Article 71. Suspension and Deposition of Office-bearers
  • Article 72. Serious and Grievous Sins on the Part of Office-bearers
  • Article 73. Christian Sensure
  • Article 74. No Lording It Over Others
  • Article 75. Property of the Churches
  • Article 76. Observance and Revision of the Church Order
  • Appendix I. Regulations for the Election of Office-bearers
  • Appendix II. Letter of Call
  • Appendix III. Form of Subscription
  • Appendix IV. Credentials
  • Index
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    Visit and Comfort

    It would be a sad situation if a member visited the minister or met him somewhere and the minister did not know who this person was. It would show that the pastor and teacher was seriously remiss in his obligation to visit the members, to become acquainted with them and their life, their strug­gles and their joys. We are not referring now to the impossible situation where one minister saw one thousand or more members entrusted into his care. Only visiting those who were ill or had special difficulties would already more than occupy his time available for visits. In a normal-size congregation, however, a minister should be able to acquaint himself with the families and their condition.

    No one can expect him to sense it when someone is ill or when there are special difficulties. It is the duty of the members to inform the minister if they like him to pay a visit, as much as it is his specific duty to visit them. Already in 1568 it was stated that "all who are bed-ridden because of illness shall in­form the minister of their illness through the elders and the deacons."

    No one should expect a minister to read from the Scriptures or to pray with the member every time. It is relevant here to quote from a decision tak­en in 1574: "It is also the task of the ministers, if this is necessary, to call upon the Name of the Lord at the bedside of those who are ill." Note: "if this is necessary." Much will depend on the circumstances and the course of the conversation. A minister is no "prayer-dispensatory."

    When there are many members who are ill and when there is an abun­dance of other work, it may be necessary to ask the elders to assist in visiting the sick, as long as it is kept in mind that these visits belong to the specific duties of the minister. In olden days it happened often that special "comforters of the sick" were appointed, mainly for the work in institutions or aboard ships. Such practice was not encouraged as it tended to obscure the fact that it was the task of the minister to pay these visits wherever they were needed.

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