Order in the offices : essays defining the roles of church officers /

Order in the offices : essays defining the roles of church officers / Mark R. Brown, editor. - 1st U.S. ed. - Duncansville, PA : Classic Presbyterian Government Resources, 1993. - 304 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-304).

Introduction / Mark R. Brown -- The New Testament warrant for the minister of the Word / Steven F. Miller -- A brief for church governors / Edmund P. Clowney -- Warrant and theory of ruling eldership / Charles Hodge -- The theory of ruling eldership / Peter Colin Campbell -- The forgotten Thomas Smyth / Mark R. Brown -- An ecclesiastical catechism : officers of the church / Thomas Smyth -- Calvin's view of the teaching elder-ruling elder distinction / Jeffrey K. Boer -- Ruling elders-- a sketch of a controversy / Iain Murray -- Two offices within the eldership / Robert W. Eckardt -- Priesthood and ministry / Jack Dennis Kinneer -- Three New Testament offices / Leonard J. Coppes -- Ministers, elders, and deacons / Robert S. Rayburn -- Democracy and the denigration of office / Gregory Edward Reynolds -- Worship and office / Charles G. Dennison -- Annotated bibliography / Mark R. Brown.

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Presbyterian Church--Church officers.
Church officers--Biblical teaching.

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