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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 157
presenting an unworthy candidate for ordination, obstinate refusal to resign a rectorship in case of certain
specified differences with his congregation,* violation
of his ordination vows and of the laws and canons of
the Church, as well as immoralities of all sorts, f
Any minister wishing to renounce the ministry of
this Church may, at his own request, be displaced ; and
if his moral character be not implicated, this fact shall
be declared.^
Whenever there is a public rumor, or a formal complaint, against any minister, it is the duty of the Bishop
or of the Standing Committee, as the case may be, to
take measures for bringing the individual accused to
trial.§
Candidates for the ministry are liable in their character as laymen. If any candidate, however, shall delay longer than three years to apply for his first and
second examinations, or longer than five years to apply
for his third and fourth examinations, unless the Bishop
for sufficient reasons grant him a special permission for
such delay, his name must be struck from the list of
candidates j|
In all ecclesiastical trials one rule applies, that the
accused party is to be tried by his peers—a Deacon
or Presbyter by a court of Clergymen, a Bishop by
Bishops.
In every trial of a minister, the decision of the ecclesiastical court appointed or provided for by the Convention of the Diocese to which he belongs, is definitive.
The accused may be allowed a new trial if there be new
* Title n., Canon 4. f Ibid., Canon 2. X Ibid-> Canon 5.
§ Ibid., Canon 2. | Title I., Canon 4, Section 10.
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000161 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 157 presenting an unworthy candidate for ordination, obstinate refusal to resign a rectorship in case of certain specified differences with his congregation,* violation of his ordination vows and of the laws and canons of the Church, as well as immoralities of all sorts, f Any minister wishing to renounce the ministry of this Church may, at his own request, be displaced ; and if his moral character be not implicated, this fact shall be declared.^ Whenever there is a public rumor, or a formal complaint, against any minister, it is the duty of the Bishop or of the Standing Committee, as the case may be, to take measures for bringing the individual accused to trial.§ Candidates for the ministry are liable in their character as laymen. If any candidate, however, shall delay longer than three years to apply for his first and second examinations, or longer than five years to apply for his third and fourth examinations, unless the Bishop for sufficient reasons grant him a special permission for such delay, his name must be struck from the list of candidates j| In all ecclesiastical trials one rule applies, that the accused party is to be tried by his peers—a Deacon or Presbyter by a court of Clergymen, a Bishop by Bishops. In every trial of a minister, the decision of the ecclesiastical court appointed or provided for by the Convention of the Diocese to which he belongs, is definitive. The accused may be allowed a new trial if there be new * Title n., Canon 4. f Ibid., Canon 2. X Ibid-> Canon 5. § Ibid., Canon 2. | Title I., Canon 4, Section 10. |
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