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Church in Matt. 18:17? Does the key of discipline shut out only from outward privileges in the
Church, or also from a spiritual interest in Christ? By whom and how is discipline exercised in
the Roman Catholic, the Anglican, the Methodist, and the Congregational, Church? Can a
Church safely discard discipline?
LITERATURE:
Bavinck, Geref. Dogm. IV, pp. 425-482; Kuyper, Dict. Dogm., de Ecclesia, pp. 268-
293; id., Tractaat van de Reformatie der Kerken, pp. 41-69; Bannerman, The Church, I, pp. 187-
480; II, pp. 186-200; Hodge, Church Polity, cf. Index; Morris, Ecclesiology, pp. 143-151; Wilson,
Free Church Principles; McPherson, The Doctrine of the Church in Scottish Theology, pp. 129-
224; Gillespie, Aaron’s Rod Blossoming; ibid., On Ceremonies; Bouwman, De Kerkelijke Tucht;
Jansen, De Kerkelijke Tucht; Biesterveld, Van Lonkhuizen, en Rudolph, Het Diaconaat;
Bouwman, Het Ambt der Diakenen; Litton, Introd. to Dogm. Theol., pp. 394-419; Schmid, Doct.
Theol. of the Ev. Luth. Church, pp. 607-621; Wilmers, Handbook of the Chr. Rel., pp. 77-101;
Cunningham, Discussions of Church Principles; ibid., Historical Theology II, pp. 514-587;
McPherson, Presbyterianism.