Documents and Resources
Documents & Resources
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The Covenant of Life and the Caring Community
Issued Dec. 1, 1985
We are deeply aware of the concern and pain in the church as expressed in the many overtures from presbyteries which deal with the question of abortion. We are disturbed ...
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Historic Principles, Conscience and Church Government
Issued Dec. 1, 1983
The rights of the individual conscience with regard to matters of faith and worship and to decisions made within the church are related to the right of voluntary association. The ...
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Presbyterian Understanding and Use of Holy Scripture
Issued Dec. 1, 1982
That Holy Scripture is the "rule of faith and life" is a basic principle of the Reformation. This confessional affirmation, in some formulation, is structural element of all the Reformed ...
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Peacemaking: The Believers' Calling
Issued Dec. 1, 1980
The Advisory Council on Church and Society was commissioned by the 187th General Assembly (1975) to reassess the concept of peacemaking and the direction of our country's foreign policy in ...
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The Church and Homosexuality
Issued Dec. 1, 1978
In its prospectus for study prepared by the Advisory Council on Church and Society and accepted by the task force at its first meeting, the group's purpose was described this ...
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The Nature and Value of Human Life
Issued Dec. 1, 1976
Although the wording of the General Assembly's mandate places the matter of the nature of human life prior to that of its value, the temper of our times compels us ...