Presbytery of Lanark (historically)

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The Presbytery of Lanark was a historic regional court and administrative body of the Church of Scotland overseeing Presbyterian congregations in the Lanark area.

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Label Occurrences
Presbytery of Lanark (historically) canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church court
presbytery
regional administrative body
appliesToDenomination Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
appliesToReligion Presbyterianism NERFINISHED
associatedWithTown Lanark NERFINISHED
churchOrder Presbyterian church order
churchTradition Reformed
country Scotland
denominationalContext national church of Scotland
ecclesiasticalLevel intermediate court
governedByPolity Presbyterian polity GENERATED
governsBodyType kirk sessions
parish churches
hasAuthorityOver discipline of ministers within its bounds
induction of ministers within its bounds
ordination of ministers within its bounds
translation of ministers within its bounds
union and readjustment of congregations within its bounds
hasFunction administration of congregations
discipline of office-bearers
oversight of ministers
pastoral oversight
regional church court
support of local kirk sessions
hasMeetingType special meetings
stated meetings
historicalRole oversight of Church of Scotland parishes in Lanarkshire
historicalStatus historic
jurisdictionType ecclesiastical
languageOfWorship English
Scots
legalBasis Church of Scotland constitution NERFINISHED
locatedInArea Lanark area
locatedInCouncilArea South Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricCounty Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
membershipIncludes elders representing congregations
ministers of congregations in the presbytery
oversees Presbyterian congregations in the Lanark area
partOf Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
positionInHierarchy above kirk session
below General Assembly
regionType Lanark presbytery bounds
subordinateTo General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
Synod (historically, in Church of Scotland structure) NERFINISHED
timePeriod early modern period
modern period

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Description of subject: The Presbytery of Lanark was a historic regional court and administrative body of the Church of Scotland overseeing Presbyterian congregations in the Lanark area.

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Douglas Parish religiousJurisdiction Presbytery of Lanark (historically)