Kirk Session

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Kirk Session is the local governing body of a Church of Scotland congregation, composed of the minister and elders who oversee spiritual and pastoral matters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kirk Session canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church governing body ⓘ
ecclesiastical council ⓘ
local church court ⓘ
appliesTo each congregation of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
associatedWith parish system in Scotland ⓘ
composedOf ordained elders ⓘ
ruling elders ⓘ
teaching elder ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess corporate deliberation ⓘ
follows Presbyterian church governance ⓘ
governanceModel collective leadership ⓘ
governs Church of Scotland congregation ⓘ
local congregation ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Christian education ⓘ
discipline ⓘ
membership ⓘ
pastoral matters ⓘ
spiritual matters ⓘ
worship ⓘ
hasMember elders ⓘ
minister ⓘ
historicalOrigin Reformation-era Scottish Presbyterianism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
ledBy moderator ⓘ
legalStatus recognized court of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
meetsAt parish church ⓘ
notResponsibleFor civil government ⓘ
secular legal matters ⓘ
oversees congregational spiritual welfare ⓘ
elders’ pastoral districts ⓘ
partOf Presbyterian polity ⓘ
presidedOverBy minister ⓘ
primaryFunction oversight of spiritual life of congregation ⓘ
pastoral oversight of congregation ⓘ
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
religiousTradition Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Reformed Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Reformed churches
responsibleFor admission to church membership ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
encouragement of Christian education ⓘ
oversight of sacraments ⓘ
oversight of worship services ⓘ
visitation and pastoral care ⓘ
subordinateTo General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Presbytery ⓘ
typeOfAuthority spiritual authority ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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