FRCA ARTICLE 77 – Serious and gross sins on the part of office-bearers As serious and gross sins which are grounds for the suspension or deposition of office-bearers the following are to be mentioned particularly: False doctrine or heresy, public schisms, blasphemy, simony, faithless desertion of office or intrusion upon that of another, perjury, adultery, fornication, theft, acts of violence, habitual drunkenness, brawling, unjustly enriching oneself; and further all such sins and serious misdemeanours that rate as ground for excommunication with respect to other members of the church. | CANRC ARTICLE 72 – Serious and Gross Sins on the Part of Office-Bearers As serious and gross sins which are grounds for the suspension or deposition of office-bearers the following are to be mentioned particularly: false doctrine or heresy, public schisms, blasphemy, simony, faithless desertion of office or intrusion upon that of another, perjury, adultery, fornication, theft, acts of violence, habitual drunkenness, brawling, unjustly enriching oneself, and, further, all sins and serious misdemeanours that rate as ground for excommunication with respect to other members of the church. |
DKO Artikel 80 Voorts onder de grove sonden die weerdigh zijn met opschortinghe ofte afstellinghe vanden dienst ghestraft te worden / zijn dese de voornaemste. Valsche Leere of Ketterije : openbare scheur-maeckinghe : opentlijcke blasphemie : Symonie: trouloose verlatinge zijns diensts / ofte indringhinge in eens anders dienst : Meyneedicheyt : Eebreuck : Hoererije / Dieverije / gewelt / gewoonlijcke dronckenschap / vechterije / vuyl ghewin : Cortelijck alle de sonden ende grove feyten die den Autheur voor de Werelt eerloos maeckê / ende in een ander gemeen Lidtmaet der Kercken der af-snijdinghe weerdigh souden gherekent werden. | DCO English translation of the Church Order of Dort (external link) |
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