Affirmative Rebuttal: Resolved that a Local Consistory has the Right to Act Contrary to the Church Order

(Resolved that a Local Consistory has the Right to Act Contrary to the Church Order) In answering my opponent I first of all wish to state very emphatically that the statement made by him, that the origin and immediate cause of this debate was an action taken by the Consistory of Hudsonville. And the fact that he brings up this action in this debate is very unethical. In this debate I am not, and neither do I have the right to speak for my consistory. The truth is that the sole origin and the...