presbytery
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Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
For the first time since they shared the St Alipius presbytery at Ballarat in the 1970s, George Pell will be back under the same roof as the worst of the worst.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017
Explosive allegations have arisen from the city where Cardinal Pell was a priest from 1973-83, at one stage living in a presbytery with Ridsdale.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016
Incense, prayer, soaring aspiration, the symbolization of this presbytery is a perfect thing: again vividly came the conviction that temples such as these have had and ever will have a vital influence on a race.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
In the lead-up to the debate, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
Ahead of the vote, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
It directs presbyteries not to quiz ministerial candidates about homosexuality unless they themselves have raised the issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
The statement fell short of ordering presbyteries not to ordain, and last week the 30-year-old Silver said that he hopes to arrange a call to an experimental ministry in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
No sooner got he this power than he began to shew his teeth by pressing conformity both by word and writing, and for that purpose sent instructions to all the presbyteries within his jurisdiction.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
