McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Discipline, Book of

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Discipline, Book of

Subjects in this Topic:

Dirying
Dis Manibus
Discalceati, Or Barefooted Monks And Nuns
Discerning Of Spirits
Disciple
Disciples of Christ
Disciples of John
Discipline
Discipline Of The Lash, Or Scourge
Discipline, Book of
Discipline, First Book of
Discipline, Second Book of
Discoferae
Discommunicants
Discus
Disease
Disembodied State Of The Soul After Death
Dish
Dishan

in the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a volume puiblished quadrennially, after the sessions of the General Conference (q.v.), and entitled The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is divided into six parts:

I. Origin, Doctrines, and General Rules;

II. Government of the Church;

III. Administration of Discipline;

IV. Ritual;

V. Education and Benevolent Institutions;

VI. Temporal Economy.

All but the constitutional portions (see Restrictive Rules, in part 2, chapter 1, § 1) are liable to change under the authority of the General Conference. For the modifications which the book has undergone, see Emory, History of Discipline (N.Y. 1860, 12mo); see also Baker, Guide to Administration of Discipline (N.Y. 16mo).