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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2008
Doctrinal discipline is a necessary concomitant of ministerial accountability and ecclesial integrity. When there is division in the Church the consequence of that division is expressed in articles or confessions of faith which, in the words of the Declaration of Assent, indicate how that Church ‘bears witness’ to the Christian Gospel and the faith once delivered to the saints.
1 The substance of this article reproduces in an appropriately amended form the historical and theological background material prepared by Bishop Rowell for the House of Bishops Working Group on Clergy Discipline (Theology and Liturgy) and which was incorporated in its report Clergy Discipline (Doctrine) (GS 1554).Google Scholar
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