MINISTERIAL OFFICE § 163. For the public performance of the privileges and duties of the Church in preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments Christ has instituted the ministerial office in the Church. I Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles? …
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164 – Ministry How Conferred
MINISTRY HOW CONFERRED § 164. The ministerial office 1 is conferred upon its incumbents by God,2 by the Holy Spirit,3 by Christ,4 the Head and Archbishop of His Church,5 through the congregations,6 which, by the call extended through them,7 delegate …
165 – Ordination
ORDINATION § 165. The ministerial office being conferred through the call of the congregation, the ecclesiastical rite of ordination is but a public acknowledgment of that call and of its acceptance, and of the fitness of the person called for …
166 – Qualifications for the Ministry
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE MINISTRY § 166. The qualifications prescribed by the Head of the Church for those men 1 who are to be called to the ministerial office are soundness of doctrine, aptness to teach, blamelessness of life, and a …
167 – Equality of Ministers
EQUALITY OF MINISTERS § 167. The incumbents of the ministerial office, either in one congregation or in different congregations, are equal in rank among themselves, no degrees in the ministry having been established by the Head of the Church. Matthew …
168 – Assistant Functionaries in the Church
ASSISTANT FUNCTIONARIES IN THE CHURCH §168. Though the ministerial office in the church is but one, yet by the will of the congregations and with the consent of the incumbents of the whole ministerial office certain functions of this …
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169 – Validity of Ministerial Functions
VALIDITY OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS § 169. Inasmuch as all those to whom the ministerial office or certain functions thereof have been delegated or conferred are, in the performance of their official duties, servants of Christ 1 and functionaries of the …
170 – Erring Churches
ERRING CHURCHES § 170. Since an erring church, or a church contaminated with erroneous doctrine, is still a church 1 as long as it has and sets into operation the essentials of the Gospel,2 the ministers called by such church …
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171 – End and Aim of the Ministry
END AND AIM OF THE MINISTRY § 171. The end and aim of the ministerial office and of the performance of its functions is the upbuilding and extension of the Church of God 1 by the regeneration and conversion of …
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172 – Church Militant and Triumphant
CHURCH MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT § 172. Inasmuch as the ministers of the Church and all its members are enlisted in continual warfare against the devil, 1 the world 2 and the flesh, 3 as against enemies ever bent upon frustrating …
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