Basis of Union of the United Church of Canada

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constitutional document doctrinal statement foundational document

The Basis of Union of the United Church of Canada is the foundational constitutional and doctrinal document that set out the principles, structure, and beliefs for the 1925 merger of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches into the United Church of Canada.

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Label	Occurrences
Basis of Union of the United Church of Canada canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ doctrinal statement ⓘ foundational document ⓘ
adoptedBy	Congregational churches in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Methodist Church in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterian Church in Canada (unionist majority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	United Church of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentOf	United Church of Canada Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateEffective	1925-06-10 ⓘ
defines	church polity of the United Church of Canada ⓘ constitution of the United Church of Canada ⓘ doctrine of the United Church of Canada ⓘ governance structure of the United Church of Canada ⓘ standards of faith for the United Church of Canada ⓘ standards of membership for the United Church of Canada ⓘ standards of ministry for the United Church of Canada ⓘ
establishes	United Church of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ union of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches in Canada ⓘ
hasPart	articles of doctrine ⓘ church order and government provisions ⓘ doctrinal preamble ⓘ provisions on ministry and sacraments ⓘ provisions on property and temporal affairs ⓘ
influencedBy	Congregational churches in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Congregationalist confessions ⓘ Methodist Church in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Methodist doctrinal standards NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterian Church in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster Confession of Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	foundational constitutional document of the United Church of Canada ⓘ part of the constituting documents of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
purpose	to regulate the 1925 merger of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches in Canada ⓘ to set out principles, structure, and beliefs for the United Church of Canada ⓘ
religiousFamily	Congregationalist tradition ⓘ Methodist tradition ⓘ Reformed Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ
subjectMatter	Christian doctrine ⓘ church governance ⓘ church union ⓘ ecclesiastical law ⓘ ordination and ministry ⓘ property and trust provisions ⓘ sacraments ⓘ
yearEffective	1925 ⓘ

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General Council → canAmend → Basis of Union of the United Church of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)