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doctrines and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library
Distributed by University of North Carolina Press
1 online resource ( 1 PDF 103 pages) : illustration.
Cover; Title; Copyright; About This Edition; Summary; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I.; SECTION I. Articles of Religion; SECTION II. Of Justification; SECTION III. Of the General and Yearly Conferences or Conventions; SECTION IV. Of the Election and Consecration of a General Super-intendant, and of his duty; SECTION V. Of bringing to Trial, finding guilty, and reproving, suspending, or excluding disorderly persons from society and church privileges; SECTION VI. Of the duty of Elders having the charge; SECTION VII Of the Trial of those who think they are moved by the Holy Ghost to preach.
SECTION VIII. Of the Matter and Manner of Preaching, &c. SECTION IX. Of the Duty of Preachers to God, themselves, and one another; SECTION X. Rules by which we should continue, or desist from, preaching, at any place; SECTION XI. Of Visiting from house to house, & c and enforcing Practical Religion; SECTION XII. Of Instruction of Children; SECTION XIII. Of Baptism; SECTION XIV. Of the Lord's Supper; SECTION XV. Of Public Worship; SECTION XVI. Of the Spirit and Truth of Singing; CHAPTER II.; SECTION I. The Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United Societies; SECTION II. Of Class Meetings.
SECTION III. Of the Band SocietiesSECTION IV. Of the Privileges granted to serious persons who are not of our society; SECTION V. Of Marriage; SECTION VI. Of Dress; SECTION VII. Of the Sale and use of Spirituous liquors; CHAPTER III.; The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper; The Ministration of Baptism of Infants; The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of Riper Years; The form of Solemnization of Matrimony; The order for the burial of the Dead; The form and manner of making Deacons; The form and manner of ordaining Elders; The form of ordaining Bishops; PART II.
SECTION I. Of the qualification, appointment, and duty of the stewardsSECTION II. Of the Salaries of the Ministers and Preachers, and Allowances to their Wives, Widows, and Children; SECTION III. Of raising a general fund for the propagation of the Gospel; SECTION IV. Of the Book Concern; SECTION V. Of Slavery.
Originally published: First edition. Philadelphia : Richard Allen and Jacob Tapsico for the African Methodist connection in the United States, 1817.
Published in 1817, The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first definitive guide to the history, beliefs, teachings, and practices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Beginning with a brief history, the book moves into a presentation of the "Articles of Religion," including the Trinity, the Word of God, Resurrection, the Holy Spirit, scripture, original sin and free will, justification, works, the church, purgatory, the sacraments, baptism, the Lord's Supper, marriage, church ceremonies, and government. Immediately following the articles is an extended four-part catechism that more fully explicates the meanings and implications of the doctrinal statements.