| FRCA ARTICLE 17 – Training for the ministry The churches shall support or, if possible, maintain an institution for the training for the ministry. The task of the professors of theology is to expound the Holy Scriptures and to defend the sound doctrine against heresies and errors, so that the churches may be provided with ministers of the Word who are able to fulfil the duties of their office as they have been described above. The churches together are obliged to provide for the professors of theology and for their widows and orphans. | CANRC ARTICLE 19 – Training for the Ministry The churches shall maintain an institution for the training for the ministry. The task of the professors of theology is to instruct the students of theology in those disciplines which have been entrusted to them, so that the churches may be provided with ministers of the Word who are able to fulfil the duties of their office as these have been described above. |
| DKO Artikel 18 Het Ampt der Doctoren ofte Professoren inder Theologie is / de Heylighe Schriftuere uyt te legghen / ende de suyvere Leere teghen de Ketteryen ende doolinghen voor te staen. | DCO English translation of the Church Order of Dort (external link) |
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| Articles: Topics related to this article | Other Commentaries VanOene, With Common Consent VanRongen, Decently and in Good Order |