eldership

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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

Again, the ordinance about suspension of scandalous persons from the sacrament appointeth other work to classes, beside preaching and disputing, namely, the receiving and judging of appeals from the congregational eldership.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Could we tell when this work of Hermas was written, we could also perhaps name the very year when the president of the eldership was first called bishop.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

Five of them, constituting a majority, formed themselves into a regular opposition; and for several years the Carthaginian Church was distracted by the struggles between the bishop and his eldership.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

All these prerogatives belonged to the united eldership, in which the lay element was distinctly predominant.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.