The Report of the Committee of the Synod of 1924 on the Question “Can A Classis Depose A Consistory?” (2)

d. Deposition and Enforcements: d. Deposition and Enforcements: When the right to declare a judgment of deposition is ascribed to a Classis but not the right to execute it, then the question arises as to what ecclesiastical significance such a decision has? It declares that, according to the judgment of the Classis, the Consistory should be deposed. Yet, if the Classis is of the conviction that she has no right to execute this in the local church, she makes a decision while she knows that it...