It was ordained by the first of the Assemblies referred to that "No novation in worship should be suddenly enacted, but that Synods, Presbyteries and Kirks should be advised with before the Assembly should authorize any change.
That the Presbyterian Church (Old School) finds no insuperable difficulties in carrying into operation her system, which comprehends Presbyteries and Synods in India as well as here; and, 2.
This action was taken, no doubt, in obedience to the summons issued by the General Assembly in 1640 to the presbyteries to complete the removal and destruction of all monuments.
It has been so constantly regarded as a matter for ecclesiastical regulation, that it has been practically left to be dealt with by Presbyteries and Kirk Sessions.
The minutes and accounts of the Presbyterieshave frequent allusions to this stool and its accompanying "goun.
The court consists of ministers and elders, elected from the presbyteries in specified proportions, and of commissioners from the four universities, the city of Edinburgh and the royal burghs.
The Provincial Synod consists of a union of three or more presbyteries with the same members.
The introduction of what are called, but erroneously, lay elders[276] to the place they have so long worthily filled in the presbyteries was a still more gradual process.
First, it threw into many separate presbyteries a considerable accession of voters--all owing their appointments to the General Assembly.
The conduct of the people was the same in one case as in the other; that of the two presbyteries travelled upon lines diametrically opposite.
Into the feeble but rapidly growing presbyteries and the one synod of the American Presbyterian Church the revival had brought, not peace, but a sword.
In 1853 it called upon its southern presbyteries to report what had been done in the case.
The New-School synods and presbyteries of the North were firm in their adherence to the antislavery principles of the church.
The presbyteries in these churches were usually walled off from the aisles, as may be seen in Tintern: the walls were provided for from the beginning and were sometimes bonded into the piers.
To this he replied, that they might be "taken under charge of presbyteries in connexion with their church, on their adhibiting the subscription, and coming under the engagements required by their church, but no longer.
An application was made to allow the colonial presbyteries representatives in the general assembly.
Nothing seemed more probable beforehand than the revival in New England of the presbyteries of the days of Cartwright.
The presbyteries which Cartwright and his friends had formed within the Church of England were swept out utterly by the archbishop's broom.
Ministers who took collation from the bishop of the diocese and kept presbyteries and synods, might be allowed to receive their stipends.
One good result of the commotion was that Presbyteries were henceforth prohibited from putting queries of their own, preliminary to license, but "those and no other" which had received the authority of the Church.
In the event of the presbyteries refusing to return the King's nominees, these were instructed to appear without any presbyterial mandate.
Similar scenes took place in the Synods and Presbyteriesto which the movement extended.
In many of the presbyteries the Invincibles were placed upon the leets from which the commissioners were to be elected; they thus lost their votes, and those who remained to make the choice chose the delegates desired by the King.
General Assemblies of the Kirk being no longer allowed, it had to be conducted in Provincial Synods and Presbyteries only, or in sermons and pamphlets of mutual reproach.
The system of Presbyteries or Classes, with half-yearly Provincial Assemblies, which had been set up by the Long Parliament in these two districts, remained undisturbed.
As soon as the light of ecclesiastical memorials begins to guide our path, we find everywhere presbyteries and synods in existence.
They could farther refer to those who stood at the head of their respectivepresbyteries as the witnesses most competent to give evidence.
They likewise called upon the different presbyteries in the church to collect among themselves something for the petitioner (Unprinted Acts, Sess.
We however still continue him under conference wt presbyteries hear.
The debate on this report and the subsequent action of the southern Presbyteries prove conclusively that the Detroit resolution is utterly futile, and that slaveholding goes on in the southern part of the church without interruption.
He could not promise that the Virginia Presbyteries would give any replies to these inquiries.
When the New School General Assembly was organized only three slaveholdingPresbyteries were represented.
At the last General Assembly fifty slaveholdingpresbyteries were represented.
But as unity ought to be the endeavour of us all, let neighbouring parishes and presbyteriesmeet together for settling the same, &c.
When called in again, it was intimated to him, that if he did not repair to synods and presbyteries between this and October, conform in the time, and promise obedience in all time coming, the bishop of Glasgow was to deprive him.
Certainly the removing it were the stopping the way of simony, except we will apprehend that whole presbyteries will be bribed for patronage.
In default of such presbyteries the councils general are authorized to provide them with a suitable residence and garden.
The presbyteries and the gardens thereto pertaining shall, if they are not alienated, be turned over to the pastors or to the assistants in charge of the same missions.
Minutes of the Presbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar, pp.
Minutes of thePresbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar, p.
See, for instance, Minutes of the Presbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar, pp.
Minutes of the Presbyteries of Saint Andrews and Cupar, p.
By their vote, the democratic institution of presbyteries was restored to its old power; the forms of consecration were done away with; the bishops were degraded from their functions, and episcopacy was abolished.
Mure, pyper,' in Selections from the Minutes of the Presbyteries of Saint Andrews and Cupar, p.
A Charge to Presbyteries Go on, presbyteries and synods, go on!
It has a throat bigger than the whale that took down the minister who declined the call to Nineveh, and has swallowed whole presbyteries and conferences of clergymen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presbyteries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
