... the major part of the male heads of families, members of the vacant congregation, and in full communion with the church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval shall be deemed sufficient... Our Churches and why We Belong to Them - Page 244by William John Knox Little, William John Knox-Little - 1898 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
| Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 pages
...retains, indeed, the right of presentation, but it is a presentation subject to the veto of the majority of the ' male heads of families, members of the vacant...congregation and in full communion -with the church; who may exercise it without being required to assign any reason.' — ' Such a veto is tantamount to... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - Great Britain - 1839 - 760 pages
...to use the words of the Act of Assembly, " at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral office, the major part of the male heads of families, members...congregation, and in full communion with the church, should disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval... | |
| 1840 - 538 pages
...order to carry this principle into full effect, the Presbyteries of the Church shall be instructed, that if, at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral...the vacant congregation, and in full communion with К REVIEW — SCOTTISH CHURCH. the church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call... | |
| John Cumming - Church and state - 1840 - 44 pages
..."a majority " of the Presbyteries of this Church, do declare, " enact, and ordain, That it shall be an instruction " to Presbyteries, that if at the moderating in a " call to a vacant parish the major part of the male " heads of families, members of the vacant congrega" tion, and in... | |
| Religion - 1841 - 528 pages
...Esquires. " If," to use the words of the act, " at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral office, the major part of the male heads of families, members...congregation, and in full communion with the church, should disapprove of the person in whose favor the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...Esquires. " If," to use the words of the act, " at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral office, the major part of the male heads of families, members...congregation, and in full communion with the church, should disapprove of the person in whose favor the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval... | |
| Theology - 1841 - 544 pages
...Esquires. " If," to use the words of the act, " at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral office, the major part of the male heads of families, members...congregation, and in full communion with the church, should disapprove of the person in whose favor the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval... | |
| Books - 1842 - 650 pages
...quote the words of the act, " at the moderating, in a call to a vacant pastoral office, the major parts of the male heads of families, members of the vacant...congregation, and in full communion with the church, should disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval... | |
| Theology - 1842 - 752 pages
...consent of a majority of the presbyteries of this church, do declare, enact, and ordain, That it shall be an instruction to presbyteries, that if at the moderating in a call to a vacant parish the major part of the male heads of families, members of the vacant congregation, and in full... | |
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