Disambiguation evidence for Kirk Sessions via surface form

"Kirk Session"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Kirk Session".

Predicate Object
alternativeName session
country Scotland
governedBy Acts of Synod
surface form: Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
governedBy General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
surface form: Church of Scotland constitution
governs Christian education within congregation
governs admission to sacraments
governs church membership
governs congregational discipline
governs pastoral care within congregation
governs worship life of congregation
governsTypeOfBody parish church congregation
hasHigherCourt General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
hasHigherCourt Presbytery
hasHigherCourt Synod (historically)
hasHistoricalRootIn Reformed church polity
hasHistoricalRootIn Scottish Reformation
hasJurisdictionOver local congregation
hasMainFunction church discipline
hasMainFunction local church governance
hasMainFunction spiritual oversight of congregation
hasMemberType ruling elder
hasMemberType teaching elder
includesOffice session clerk
instanceOf church court
instanceOf ecclesiastical body
instanceOf local governing body
isLowestCourtIn Church of Scotland court system
languageOfTerm Scots
meetsAt parish church
partOf Presbyterian polity
partOf General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
surface form: courts of the Church of Scotland
presidedOverBy minister of the congregation
relatedConcept Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
relatedConcept church discipline
relatedConcept ecclesiastical governance
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland
responsibleFor admission to the Lord’s Supper
responsibleFor appointment of some congregational office-bearers
responsibleFor local church discipline procedures
responsibleFor local implementation of church law
responsibleFor maintaining church order
responsibleFor maintenance of congregational roll
responsibleFor oversight of baptismal candidates
responsibleFor oversight of catechumens
responsibleFor oversight of communicant members
responsibleFor oversight of elders
responsibleFor oversight of public worship
responsibleFor spiritual welfare of congregation