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cteacorte , m > Mi rhe pastoftfor ^ terr ^ ptreBiMntp ^ l ^ iUfek ^ ly ^ a ckfrtiiM vbU in case ^ req ^ t > iHirfib « Sf ) nednstitoldtte # e ^ '& ^ ft dii ) & whchnall theaiMra ^ <) F thie church ai ^ rman ^ di . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦; The people ^ howev ^ r , ?! do s not teritirely * gi ^ fe ^ p'lhd controulof their ownaffeirs w&en ith ^ hav ^ b hce chosen their &nsi $ fd > iy ; for in eases of great importance ^ ( whether exactly , specified or not I ctotiot know , ) the whole congregation of communicants are required to be consulted . With this general body rests the appointment of one elder and one lay representative to the Synod , to which there is an appeal from all the ^ parochial consistories . The Synod meets once in two years , and at each tneet ^
ing chooses a president , called moderator , a deputy moderator 9 and 5 a $ eh * G twcy 9 v \\ of whom must be ministers , and two laymen : these five form the committee or " table" by whom the business of the Synod is prepared , alad who are required to see that the orders of the Synod are carried into effect while that body is not sitting . The table has no further power or discretionary authority . Whatever they d <* is subject to the decision of the next
Sy&od , on the assem&Ei ^ jd ^ k ^ I ; inquired of almost all the pastors , whether irtiie r % ndd'h adawy Jurisdiction whatever 'in relation to matters ^ fdUhyMuA wasiioiiifecmlyr answered in the negative ; tfn former pericnls i whe ^ i ^^ a ^ j #% eH necessary . to draw up any general declarations of religious t £ aete £ il ) fej $ &s done * inr am assembly of all the heads of families ^ a constitutionmva ^ h ^ $ at itie &emQO ^^ that of the Church
of England ! . ^ vemmmej&yti ^ d itself , any Vaudois present , who wishes * to deliver his sentiments , may obtain ] permission to do so from the table . TIM moderator and deputy moderator ace ^ required to be chosen from different Valleys * San Martino and Peyrofus ^ bei ^ gclassed togetfher ; and the office of each . is precisely the same ^ without any superiority being given to the moderator . They visit each church previously to the assembling of th ^'
SyiK ) d , for the purpose of inquiring , intoi the manner in which . both pastor and people have done their duty during the last two years . t Thfe whole -body of communicants are required to state whether they are satisfied or not with the services of tlieir pastor , for which purpose he retires . He is then called m by the moderator and freely informed of the result , whether favourable or Q ^ hejrwise * The moderator then retires with the pastor , and making similar Hjquipie&Qf him respecting his satisfaction with his rlock , acquaints therj ^
with tb € resvilt , adding his advice and exhortations . Shouldmny Jieuaotii olfencje or scandal be discovered , the table has the power of snspending > tfie functions of a pastor , or the privileges of a communicant , until ' thenext meetw ij ^ g of the Synod . One circumstance respecting the imoderatprs ,: strikingly shews the jealous eye with which the Waldenses keep watch over the growth , of ecclesiastical power . Neither of the two has any jurisdiction or authority in tikof ^ qlleyi in which he resides . M . Bert , the moderator , for example , visits
only the churches in the Valleys of San Martino and La Peyrottsa , while M ^ Rostaing , the deputy moderator ,: visits those of the Valley ot JLueenna . Whether the moderators have any power of suspending . pastors or menibersr without the intervention of the " table , " I could not distinctly learn , having received opposite accounts on this subject . But each moderator , is certainly
subject to the advice and censure of the other % no less than his brewer pastors . It will be , judged from this account what there is Lor the <^ Eo ^ , of l ^ odeKat ^ r co rresponding to that of an archbishop in the Gburcl ) of Ewgiaud . ^ ttrS ^ g my stay in the Valley of San Martino , I went to see a respe ^ ahJe ol 4 ^ an of . ni ^ ety n eigbt yepxs of age , who . . titill preservje 4 j biir facultie s ujt ^ p ces pf ,, e ^ tr ^ rjqfjei longeyity being comparatively fcequentr iii tb ^ . TaJJ ^ y © His father was one of Henry Arnaud's brave companions . For the first
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 812, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/28/
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