What Accords with Sound Doctrine

Ruins of the amphitheater at Laodicea (Courtesy of Stephen Pohl) He who has been recently baptized ought not to be promoted to the sacerd...

They who have sinned in divers particulars, if they have persevered in the prayer of confession and penance, and are wholly converted from t...

Main Street (Courtesy of Stephen Pohl) Canons of the Synod of Laodicea † It is right, according to the ecclesiastical Canon, that the ...

Let the bishop have power over the funds of the Church, so as to dispense them with all piety and in the fear of God to all who need.  And i...

It is right that what belongs to the Church be preserved with all care to the Church, with a good conscience and faith in God, the inspector...

It shall not be lawful for a bishop, even at the close of life, to appoint another as successor to himself; and if any such thing should be ...

Let not a bishop go to a strange city, which is not subject to himself, nor into a district which does not belong to him, either to ordain a...

A bishop may not be translated from one parish to another, either intruding himself of his own suggestion, or under compulsion by the people...

With a view to the good of the Church and the settlement of disputes, it is decreed to be well that synods of the bishops, (of which the met...

Evidenced in behavior . 1 God has called every believer to diligence in the daily walk.  The second letter of Peter lays out the need to be...