dc.contributor.author |
Vermaak, Roche Francois
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-08-24T06:33:04Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-08-24T06:33:04Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010-09-23 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper will examine how the decision made by the Presbyterian Church in 1927 – to use polity
rather than theology to solve its theological issues – has guided the same-gender blessing and
marriage debate since the 1980s. The paper summarises the formation process of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.)’s polity regarding same-gender blessing and marriage ceremonies in light
of General Assemblies’ decisions and General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commissions’
ecclesiastical rulings. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.ve.org.za |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Vermaak, R.F., 2010, ‘The polity debate regarding same-gender blessings and marriages in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’, Verbum et Ecclesia 31(1), Art. #52, 4 pages, DOI:10.4102/ve.v31i1.52 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1609-9982 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.4102/ve.v31i1.52 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17135 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
OpenJournals Publishing |
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dc.rights |
© 2010. The Authors.
Licensee: OpenJournals
Publishing. This work
is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution License. |
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dc.subject |
General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission |
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dc.subject |
Gay/lesbian ordination |
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dc.subject |
The Book of Order |
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dc.subject |
Special Commission of 1925 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ordination of gays -- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Doctrines |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects -- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Clergy -- Installation |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Church polity |
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dc.title |
The polity debate regarding same-gender blessings and marriages in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
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dc.type |
Article |
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