The polity debate regarding same-gender blessings and marriages in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This paper will examine how the decision made by the Presbyterian Church in 1927 - to use polity rather than theology to solve its theological issues - has guided the same-gender blessing and marriage debate since the 1980s. The paper summarises the formation process of the Presbyterian Church (U.S....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2010, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-4 |
| Further subjects: | B
same-gender blessing and marriage
B General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission B W-4.9001 B General Assembly B Special Commission of 1925 B the Book of Order B Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
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| Summary: | This paper will examine how the decision made by the Presbyterian Church in 1927 - to use polity rather than theology to solve its theological issues - has guided the same-gender blessing and marriage debate since the 1980s. The paper summarises the formation process of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s polity regarding same-gender blessing and marriage ceremonies in light of General Assemblies’ decisions and General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commissions’ ecclesiastical rulings. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v31i1.52 |