Knox and Church Order (2)

Summary of the Church Order The main subjects that the Book of Discipline and the Book of Common Order dealt with are as follows: The Officebearers of the Church The offices of Christ's church according to God's Word were recognized as ministers, elders, and deacons. Two temporary offices were also allowed, to meet the abnormal situation in the Reformed Church of Scotland at that time, when there was an acute shortage of ministers. These were the "offices" of "superintendent" and "reader."...