Ecclesiastical Ordinances

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  • John Calvin
    In John Calvin: Life and works

    …council in November enacted his Ecclesiastical Ordinances, which provided for the religious education of the townspeople, especially children, and instituted Calvin’s conception of church order. It also established four groups of church officers: pastors and teachers to preach and explain the Scriptures, elders representing the congregation to administer the church,…

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