The Christian ministry /

Chiefly on the polity of the Apostolic Church.

Traicté de la discipline & police chrestienne

Mode of access: Internet.

Beiträge zur Kirchenverfassungsgeschichte und Kirchenpolitik,

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Grallæ, seu Vere puerilis cothurnus Sapientiæ, quo se jactat apud imperitos Guillelmus Apollonii minister Ecclesiæ Mittelburgensis Vereanus in centionibus, quos edidit de jure majestatis circa sacra, contra libellum clarissimi doctoris Nicolai Vedelii, de episcopatu Constantini Magni.

Errata: last printed page.

The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker /

"Revised by the Very Rev. R. Church ... and the Rev. F. Paget"

The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker; with an account of his life and death,

"Spenser's Preface to the reader": vol.l, p.[85]-87.

The ecclesiastical polity of Methodism defended: a refutation of certain objections to the system of itineracy in the Methodist Episcopal church. /

Mode of access: Internet.

A letter to the Lord Chancellor : on the claims of the Church of Scotland in regard to its jurisdiction, and on the proposed changes in its polity /

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An answer to the Dean of faculty's "Letter to the Lord chancellor," "on the claims of the Church of Scotland in regard to its jurisdiction, and the proposed changes in its polity."

Page 198 erroneously numbered 19.

A series of tracts on the doctrines, order, and polity of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Mode of access: Internet.

Homosexuality and the United Methodist Church: An Ecclesiological Dilemma

Since 1968 The United Methodist Church has publicly debated the status and roles of homosexual persons in the life of the Church, creating considerable conflict within the Denomination. Academic research on the question of homosexuality and the Church has often focused on theological understandings of homosexuality and on the ways the conflict reflects broader "culture wars" in society. Yet little attention has been given to how the Church's concrete practices and polity toward homosexual persons reflect underlying tensions within the ecclesiological identity of the Denomination. This dissertation proposes that the issue of homosexuality is a critically important case study for exploring the practical ecclesiology of The United Methodist Church. In an effort to identify tensions within contemporary United Methodism's practical ecclesiology, it traces in detail the history of the denominational debate over homosexuality since 1968 and articulates the diverse and often conflicting ecclesiological commitments embedded within that debate. Focusing on the debate itself as a practice of the Church, this dissertation illustrates the ways in which the controversy over sexuality reflects the Denomination's conflicted practical ecclesiology. By examining the rhetoric of the sexuality debates in The United Methodist Church from 1968 to 2008, and by articulating the ecclesiological commitments embedded in those debates, the dissertation reveals a fundamental conflict over interpretations of ecclesial unity. Moreover, the dissertation explores the extent to which the conflict over unity reflects ecclesiological tensions present in John Wesley's own practical ecclesiology; and it asks whether or not contemporary interpretations of United Methodist ecclesiology might provide a normative framework for assessing and resolving the underlying ecclesial conflict at work in sexuality debates. The dissertation concludes by exploring the practice of public narrative as a concrete strategy that might be employed by the Denomination to reconcile the diverging ecclesiological visions within the contemporary church so that a clear and consensual ecclesiology might emerge.

A history of Methodism : comprising a view of the rise of this revival of spiritual religion in the first half of the eighteenth century, and of the principal agents by whom it was promoted in Europe and America; with some account of the doctrine and polity of Episcopal Methodism in the United States, and the means and manner of its extension down to A. D. 1884.

Includes index.

A history of Methodism : comprising a view of the rise of this revival of spiritual religion in the first half of the eighteenth century, and of the principal agents by whom it was promoted in Europe and America; with some account of the doctrine and polity of Episcopal Methodism in the United States, and the means and manner of its extension down to A. D. 1884 /

Includes index.

The apostolic age : its life, doctrine, worship and polity / by James Vernon Bartlet.

Mode of access: Internet.

Review of Dr. Richard Shapcott's International Ethics : A Critical Introduction. 2010. London: Polity Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-3142-4.

This work by Richard Shapcott is, as the title provides, an introduction to international ethics. By taking a quick glance at the table of contents (see Figure 1) we see that he has systematically divided this particular discourse into its normative areas of concern (in other words its major areas of argument or research). When reading, we also see that a great deal of work has gone into the publication because the narrative is flowing, the arguments continuous, and because the tone of the work maintained its critical position throughout.