WHEREAS it has become necessary, in consequence of the late change in the outward condition of the Church, to amend the Questions and Formula to be used at the licensing of Probationers, and the ordination of Deacons, Elders, and Ministers respectively, the General Assembly, with consent of a majority …
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1. The policy of the Free Church of Scotland on marriage is set out in the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 24, to which standard all ministers and office-bearers subscribe at their ordination. In particular paragraph 1 states that: “marriage is to be between one man and one woman: …
The General Assembly, noting that the change in the form of worship in the Church authorised by Act I, Class II, November 2010, is permissive and not mandatory, enact and ordain as follows: 1. The General Assembly recognise that the practice of the Free Church of Scotland prior to …
The General Assembly approve the publication of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Modern English Version) as edited by Rev. Dr Rowland Ward and encourage its widespread use throughout the Church. …
The General Assembly, being met on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Disruption, an event which gave a new beginning to the Church of Scotland – Free, gratefully acknowledge the debt owed to those who at such great cost maintained the spiritual integrity and freedom of the …
WHEREAS the General Assembly did pass in 1884, with consent of Presbyteries, an Act, entitled “ Act anent the Subscription of Formula by Deacons,” whereby Deacons are relieved of subscription to the Confession of Faith. WHEREAS the same Act was passed in face of protests and dissents by a …
WHEREAS this Church adheres, as she has always adhered, to her Subordinate Standards in terms of the Act, 1846, anent Questions and Formula. WHEREAS an Act, entitled “Act anent Confession of Faith,” passed by the General Assembly of 1892, on the 26th day of May of that year, in …
Whereas in the action, Bannatyne, and Others, against Lord Overtoun, and Others, it was, on 22nd October 1904, found and declared by Interlocutor of the Second Division of the Court of Session applying the Judgment of the House of Lords, as follows :- (1) That the association or body …
The General Assembly having resumed the consideration of the Overtures on the Principles of the Church, did and hereby do, resolve as follows :— I. That this Church maintains, unaltered and uncompromised, the principles set forth in the Claim, Declaration and Protest of 1842 and the Protest of 1843, …
The General Assembly, on considering the Report of the Committee to which this matter was referred at a previous diet, unanimously agreed to sanction, as they hereby sanction, the publication of a volume, containing the subordinate standards, and other authoritative documents of this Church. And with the view of …