Temporal Affairs
Temporal Affairs, Management
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Temporal Affairs, Management (1): A majority of a religious corporation at a regularly called meeting may, by a vote taken, bind the minority in all temporal affairs.120 The character of membership in the religious corporation may be very different from that of membership in the church.121 The fact that a member has been declared out of the church by an ecclesiastical tribunal, may not affect his rights in the management of the temporal concerns of the corporation.122
Doctrines, Temporal Affairs
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Doctrines, Temporal Affairs (1): The fact that the congregation sells the pews does not give the owners the right to determine what doctrines shall be preached in the church, nor who shall preach them.551 A majority of a local church can not change the faith of the church against the protest of the minority.552 The corporation of the congregation is governed by the majority only in temporal affairs.553 However, some of the Protestant churches are so independent that a vote of the congregation may transfer them from one denomination to another.554
Resources
Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
Resources
Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
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