presbytery
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Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
For the first time since they shared the St Alipius presbytery at Ballarat in the 1970s, George Pell will be back under the same roof as the worst of the worst.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017
Explosive allegations have arisen from the city where Cardinal Pell was a priest from 1973-83, at one stage living in a presbytery with Ridsdale.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016
To the left lay the cemetery, overgrown with high weeds, and having a great iron cross rising up in its centre; to the right stood the presbytery, under the shadow of the church.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
In the lead-up to the debate, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
Ahead of the vote, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
Then if it is approved by three-fourths of the constituent presbyteries and ratified by both assemblies in 1950, a reunited General Assembly may be held in 1951.
From Time Magazine Archive
The recommendation on holding office is still to be approved by a majority of the 85 presbyteries, when it is brought before the general assembly for final action.
From Time Magazine Archive
In default of such presbyteries the councils general are authorized to provide them with a suitable residence and garden.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
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