Questions on Church Polity

Under the above caption The Standard Bearer for January 1, 1947, contains answers to some questions sent in by a brother in Sioux Center, Iowa. His questions were these: 1. What is the character of the jurisdiction of Classis over the Consistory? My answer: Advisory, not mandatory. 2. What remains of the autonomy of the local church, if according to Art. 79 of the Church Order of Dort, Ministers of the Word, Elders and Deacons, who have committed a public and gross sin, shall be suspended...