Rules of Discipline

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Rules of Discipline is the section of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Order that outlines its procedures for church governance, judicial process, and accountability.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rules of Discipline canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical legal code ⓘ
section of the Book of Order ⓘ
appliesTo Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
defines procedures for appeals in church judicial cases ⓘ
procedures for censure and restoration ⓘ
procedures for church trials ⓘ
procedures for filing complaints ⓘ
procedures for handling disciplinary cases ⓘ
rights of accused persons in church judicial process ⓘ
roles and responsibilities of church councils in discipline ⓘ
standards for due process in church discipline ⓘ
denomination Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
governs accountability processes in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
church governance procedures in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
judicial process in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
hasAudience church judicial commissions ⓘ
ministers of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
ruling elders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
hasPurpose to ensure justice and fairness in church proceedings ⓘ
to maintain the purity of the church ⓘ
to protect the rights of all parties in disciplinary cases ⓘ
to provide accountability for officers and members ⓘ
isComponentOf polity of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
isGuidedBy Reformed theological principles of church order ⓘ
isRelatedTo Directory for Worship (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
Form of Government (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) ⓘ
Foundations of Presbyterian Polity ⓘ
isSubsectionOf Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus binding on councils and officers of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
partOf Book of Order ⓘ
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) constitutional documents ⓘ
religiousTradition Presbyterian ⓘ
subjectMatter church discipline ⓘ
church officer accountability ⓘ
ecclesiastical judicial procedure ⓘ
member misconduct ⓘ
remedial and disciplinary cases ⓘ
updatedBy General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
usedBy General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission ⓘ
presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
sessions in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
synods in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Book of Order → hasPart → Rules of Discipline ⓘ