NEGATIVE: A local consistory has not the right to act contrary to the Church Order

A local consistory has not the right to act contrary to the Church Order i.e., place its private judgment upon any of its articles and to act according to it, for I. The idea of our Church government is rule by majority and not by minority. Allow me to explain. Our system of Church government is presbyterian in distinction from that of the Roman Catholic system and the system known as Collegianisn) which are hierarchical, and that of the Independents or congregationalists which is...