Author: George James Bales

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781331332688

Excerpt from Civil Church Law Note. - Under the general title of Civil Church Law it is purposed to edit a series of digests presenting the statute law affecting religious organizations as it is being developed in the American commonwealths. Such law is not now easily accessible to the great body of church people, yet with the rapid development of church as one of the great institutions of American society there is more and more use for it. Again, the time has passed when even the chief features of the civil church law of all the commonwealths could with convenience be presented in a single volume, and those bearing church responsibilities generally need to know only the law directly defining their duties and rights. American statute legislation relating to ecclesiastical organization is developing rapidly. It is evident that we are in the midst of a general movement for the broader introduction of purely ecclesiastical elements into the civil law, creating not indeed a civil establishment of religion, but more and more of a legal establishment of church. In order to set forth this body of law as it develops, in the form best adapted to serve the interests of the whole body of church people, the plan of a series of State digests has been adopted. The type for these digests will be kept standing, and the changes in the law of each State will be presented annually. To extend the benefit of this watch on legislation for churches to the churches themselves it has been arranged that subscribers to any State digest shall receive free of charge for a period of three years after their subscription copy of all further legislation affecting religious organizations. If, however, a general revision of the law should be effected during such a period, the editor reserves the right to bring out another edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.