What I Said to a PC(USA) Student
“You are right that the whole Constitution [of the PC(USA)] is optional now. All one has to do is state a provision by which you do not wish to abide, tell the presbytery you think it is inessential and have a scruple about it, and the presbytery will put it to a vote. If they agree with you, you do not have to abide by that provision, whatever it is. There is no provision of the Constitution for which this cannot be done. What the Constitution provides or requires for any officer is at the discretion of the session or presbytery ordaining or installing that officer.”
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