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Bound for Life

FRCA
ARTICLE 15 – Bound for life
A minister of the Word, once lawfully called, is bound to the service of the church for life and therefore not allowed to enter upon another vocation unless it is for exceptional and substantial reasons. The decision of his consistory to relieve him of his office in order to enter upon another vocation shall receive the approval of classis, with the concurring advice of deputies of synod.
CANRC
ARTICLE 12 – Bound for Life
Inasmuch as a minister of the Word, once lawfully called, is bound to the service of the church for life, he is not allowed to enter upon another vocation unless it be for exceptional and substantial reasons, of which the consistory with the deacons shall judge, and which shall receive the approval of classis with the concurring advice of deputies of regional synod.
DKO
Artikel 12
Dewijle een Dienaer des Woords eens Wettelijck / als boven / beroepen zijnde / zijn leven langh aenden Kercken-dienst verbonden is soo sal hem niet geoorloft zijn hem tot een anderen staet des levens te begheven : ten sy om groote ende wichtige oorsaecken / daer van die Classe kennisse nemen ende oordeelen sal.
DCO


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