释义 |
church-government The government or conduct of the affairs of a church; the form of polity upon which a church is organized for the exercise of authority and discipline, as Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iii. (1617) 91, I somewhat maruaile that they especially should thinke it absurd to oppose Church-Gouernement..vnto matters of Faith. 1670Walton Life Hooker 37 Able to..determine what laws were fit to be made concerning church-government. 1882J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 19 The Presbyterian system of Church-government was re-established. |