Human Sexuality and the Church of Scotland: Aitken et al v Presbytery of Aberdeen

• Autores: Frank Cranmer
• Localización: Ecclesiastical law journal, ISSN 0956-618X, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 334-339
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Dialnet Métricas: 1 Cita
• Resumen

  • Although much of the business of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland relates to legislation and debates of reports from committees, unlike the synods of episcopal churches the General Assembly is also a court, with exclusive jurisdiction in �matters spiritual�. However, under the terms of Act III 2001, as amended, disciplinary matters are investigated by a Presbyterial Commission and, in disputed cases, ultimately come before the Assembly's Judicial Commission. Cases before the General Assembly were once quite common; but for the 2009 Assembly to find themselves hearing a judicial dispute was very unusual indeed.