प्रेस्बिटेरियन चर्च के सिद्धांत और व्यवहार: कैल्विनवाद में आधारित

Noun:

प्रेस बिटेरियनवाद (प्रसबिटरों द्वारा चर्च-प्रशासन के सिद्धांत), पादरी-संघ-सत्तावाद,

presbyterianism's Usage Examples:

The kirk-session is the first of a series of councils or church courts which are an essential feature of Presbyterianism.

There are deacons in Presbyterianism inferior in rank to presbyters, their duties being regarded as non-spiritual.

It may be said broadly, therefore, that in .episcopacy the government is monarchical; in congregationalism, democratic; and in Presbyterianism, aristocratic or representative.

The ecclesiastical unit in episcopacy is a diocese, comprising many churches and ruled by a prelate; in congregationalism it is a single church, self-governed and entirely independent of all others; in Presbyterianism it is a presbytery or council composed of ministers and elders representing all the churches within a specified district.

In episcopacy the control of church affairs is almost entirely withdrawn from the people; in congregationalism it is almost entirely exercised by the people; in Presbyterianism it rests with a council composed of duly appointed office-bearers chosen by the people.

In episcopacy the supreme authority is a diocesan bishop; in congregationalism it is the members of the congregation assembled in church meeting; in Presbyterianism it is a church council composed of representative presbyters.

As one of the three principal systems of ecclesiastical polity known to the Christian Church, Presbyterianism occupies an intermediate position between episcopacy and congregationalism.

PRESBYTERIANISM, a highly organized form of church government in which presbyters or elders occupy a prominent place.

See also Reformation; Presbyterianism; Cameronians.

The origin of Presbyterianism is a question of historical interest.

presbyterianism's Meaning':

the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism