BCO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT AND UPDATED!!
, Who is head of the Church? - ANSWER Christ alone is head of the Church
How does Christ exercise his authority? - ANSWER He exercises His authority and
governs by His word and Spirit and had appointed officers to guide his church following
His Word and Spirit.
List at least 2 key principles of Pres. Govt. - ANSWER 1. God alone is the Lord of
conscience.
2. Every church, or body, has the right to determine its qualifications for its members.
3. Christ himself has appointed officers in his Church.
4. Godliness is founded on truth.
5. Teachers should be sound in the faith.
6. Each particular bod has a right to elect its own officers.
7. Church power is only ministerial and declarative and therefore not legislative.
8. Church discipline must be purely moral and spiritual in nature and therefore not civil.
Can the church "bind" men's consciences? Why or why not? - ANSWER All church
power is "only ministerial and declarative"; "no church judicatory may make laws to bind
the conscience." God has set the standard and human courts are fallible, along with the
church's power being purely moral and spiritual, declarative and ministerial.
What is the Constitution of the PCA? - ANSWER All the following as adopted by the
PCA and subject to the Scriptures:
-Westminster standards (WCF, WLC, WSC)
- BCO - consisting of Form of Govt, Rules of Discipline, and Directory of Worship.
What is the visible church? Who are it's members? - ANSWER The visible church
consists of all who make profession of faith in Jesus and their children with them.
What is the power of the church? - ANSWER The power of the church is exclusively
spiritual. The power which Christ has committed to his church is vested in the whole
body, the rulers and those ruled consisting in a spiritual commonwealth. This power is to
proclaim, to administer, and to enforce the law of Christ revealed in the Scriptures.
How does the power of the church differ from that of the state? - ANSWER The power
of the church is exclusively spiritual - its constitution is derived from God.
The power of the state includes the use of force - its power derives from human reason
and the course of providence.
CORRECT AND UPDATED!!
, Who is head of the Church? - ANSWER Christ alone is head of the Church
How does Christ exercise his authority? - ANSWER He exercises His authority and
governs by His word and Spirit and had appointed officers to guide his church following
His Word and Spirit.
List at least 2 key principles of Pres. Govt. - ANSWER 1. God alone is the Lord of
conscience.
2. Every church, or body, has the right to determine its qualifications for its members.
3. Christ himself has appointed officers in his Church.
4. Godliness is founded on truth.
5. Teachers should be sound in the faith.
6. Each particular bod has a right to elect its own officers.
7. Church power is only ministerial and declarative and therefore not legislative.
8. Church discipline must be purely moral and spiritual in nature and therefore not civil.
Can the church "bind" men's consciences? Why or why not? - ANSWER All church
power is "only ministerial and declarative"; "no church judicatory may make laws to bind
the conscience." God has set the standard and human courts are fallible, along with the
church's power being purely moral and spiritual, declarative and ministerial.
What is the Constitution of the PCA? - ANSWER All the following as adopted by the
PCA and subject to the Scriptures:
-Westminster standards (WCF, WLC, WSC)
- BCO - consisting of Form of Govt, Rules of Discipline, and Directory of Worship.
What is the visible church? Who are it's members? - ANSWER The visible church
consists of all who make profession of faith in Jesus and their children with them.
What is the power of the church? - ANSWER The power of the church is exclusively
spiritual. The power which Christ has committed to his church is vested in the whole
body, the rulers and those ruled consisting in a spiritual commonwealth. This power is to
proclaim, to administer, and to enforce the law of Christ revealed in the Scriptures.
How does the power of the church differ from that of the state? - ANSWER The power
of the church is exclusively spiritual - its constitution is derived from God.
The power of the state includes the use of force - its power derives from human reason
and the course of providence.
