Form of Government

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The Form of Government is the section of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Order that outlines the church’s constitutional structure, offices, and governing principles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Form of Government canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church constitutional document section ⓘ
basedOn Presbyterian polity ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
belongsTo Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
coordinatesWith Directory for Worship (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
Foundations of Presbyterian Polity (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
Rules of Discipline (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
defines constitutional structure of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
ecclesiastical offices in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
governing principles of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
governs dissolution of pastoral relationships ⓘ
installation of church officers ⓘ
ordination standards for church officers ⓘ
organizational life of congregations in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
relationships among councils of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
hasLegalStatus constitutional standard of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
influencedBy historic Presbyterian confessions ⓘ
isAmendedBy actions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
outlines connectional polity of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
representative governance in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
responsibilities of church councils ⓘ
responsibilities of deacons ⓘ
responsibilities of ministers of Word and Sacrament ⓘ
responsibilities of ruling elders ⓘ
partOf Book of Order (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
purpose to provide ordered governance for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
to support the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through structure and polity ⓘ
regulates General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
presbyteries ⓘ
sessions ⓘ
synods ⓘ
requires approval of presbyteries for constitutional amendment ⓘ
subjectTo Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
usedBy General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
sessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
synods of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Order → hasPart → Form of Government ⓘ