| FRCA ARTICLE 41 – Classis Neighbouring churches shall come together in a classis by delegating a minister and an elder, or if a church has no minister, two elders. Classis shall convene at least once every six months in person. The ministers shall be chairman in rotation, or one shall be chosen to be chairman; however, the same minister shall not be chairman twice in succession. The chairman shall ask whether the ministry of the office-bearers is being continued, whether the decisions of the major assemblies are being honoured and whether there is any matter in which the consistories need the judgment and help of classis for the proper government of their church. Every classis shall determine where and when the churches shall meet again. The last classis before synod shall choose delegates to that synod. ARTICLE 42 – Ministers who are not delegated to a classis If two or more ministers are serving the same church, those who have not been delegated shall have the right to attend classis in an advisory capacity. | CANRC ARTICLE 44 – Classis Neighbouring churches shall come together in a classis by delegating, with proper credentials, a minister and an elder, or, if a church has no minister, two elders. Such meetings shall be held at least once every three months, unless the convening church, in consultation with the neighbouring church, concludes that no matters have been sent in by the churches which would warrant the convening of a classis. Cancellation of a classis shall, however, not be permitted to occur twice in succession. In these meetings the ministers shall preside in rotation, or one shall be chosen to preside; however, the same minister shall not be chosen twice in succession. The president shall ask whether the ministry of the office-bearers is being continued, whether the decisions of the major assemblies are being honoured, and whether there is any matter in which the consistories need the judgment and help of classis for the proper government of their church. The last classis before regional synod shall choose the delegates to that synod. If two or more ministers are serving a church, those who have not been delegated shall have the right to attend classis in an advisory capacity. |
| DKO Artikel 41 De Classicale Vergaderinghen sullen bestaen uyt ghena-buerde Kercken / de welcke elck eenê Dienaer eñ eenen Ouderlingh ter plaetse eñ tijde by hen / int scheyden van elcke Vergaderinghe goet gevonden (soo nochtans / datmen’t boven de drie maendê niet uyt en stelle) daer henen met behoorlijcke Credentie af-veerdigen sullen / in welcke t’samen-comstê de Dienaers by gebeurte / ofte andersins die vande selfde Vergaderinge vercoren wort / presiderê sullen / so nochtans dat d’selve tweemael aen een niet en sal moghen vercoren worden. Voort sal de Praeses onder anderen eenen yegelijcken af-vraghen / of sy in hare Kerckê / hare Kercken-Raedts vergaderinge houden : Of de Kerckelijcke Discipline geoeffent wort : of de Armê ende Schoolen besorght worden : Ten laetsten / ofter yet is / daer inne sy het oordeel eñ hulpe der Classe tot rechte instllinghe harer Kercke behoeven. De Dienaer dien ’t inde voorgaende Classe opgheleyt was / sal een corte Predicatie uyt Gods Woordt doen / van welcke die andere oordelen / eñ soo daer yet in ontbreeckt / aenwijsen sullen. Ten laetsten / zullen inde leste vergaderinge voor den particulieren Synode vercoren werden / die op den selven Synodum gaen zullen. Artikel 42 Daer in een plaetse meer Predicanten zijn als een / zullen die altesamen in de Classe moghen verschijnen eñ keur-stemmen hebben / ten ware in saken / die hare persoonen ofte Kercken int bysonder aengaen. | 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, art. 41 VanRongen, Decently and in Good Order, art. 42 |