"Decani" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... corrective church government besides that which is civil or temporal, for the same book, cap. 23, tells us, that in their synods, any minister who is found scandalous or profane in his life, is censured with deposition from his office, ab oficio deponitur. Then follows, finita censura, singuli decani, &c. Here is a synodical censure, which I find also in Wolphius,(1342) a professor of Zurich, and the book before cited, cap. 24,(1343) tells us of some corrective power committed to pastors and elders, which elders are distinguished from ...
— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie |
