eldership

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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

Cardinal, 45.Poor, care of, 179, 180.Poullain, or Pollanus, 126, 127, 136 fns.Preaching, necessity of, 151.Presbytery, ideal, 237, 238.Presbytery, or greater eldership, 159, 229 et seq.Preston,

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

The ceremonies of ordination are declared to be fasting, earnest prayer, and imposition of the hands of the eldership.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

SESSION, s. the consistory, or parochial eldership in Scotland.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

It was concerning this business that Taras very nearly lost his eldership by reason of a word of sensible advice.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil