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Church law

INTRODUCTION

The General Assembly, which acts as the highest court of the Church, has the authority to make laws determining how the Church of Scotland operates.
Photograph of New College, venue for the Assembly each year

You can find a full list of these laws, referred to as acts and regulations and dating back to 1929, available to download in this section of the extranet.

On this page you can find:

Buy a complete printed copy

You can purchase a complete copy of the Acts and Regulations of the General Assembly, including style guides, from:
Linda Jamieson
The Principal Clerk's Office
Church of Scotland
121 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4YN

Telephone: 0131 225 5722
Email: ljamieson@cofscotland.org.uk

The publication is priced at £25 (plus postage and packing) and includes free annual updates following each General Assembly.

A Guide for new purchasers

If you have just purchased a new copy of the Acts and Regulations, please read the guide below to help you to update your folder.
Guide to updating Acts and Regulations folder

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Standing Orders

The Standing Orders describe how business should be conducted at the General Assembly and specify the membership of the Church's committees.

Download a copy of the Standing Orders

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For reports and information about this year's General Assembly, please visit our pages on the Church of Scotland main website at www.churchofscotland.org.uk/generalassembly/.

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In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the church law and constitution extranet pages

Acts of the General Assembly
The full list of acts from the General Assembly

Regulations of the General Assembly
The complete list of legislative regulations from the General Assembly

Westminster Confession of Faith
The confession of our Church's doctrine, subordinate only to the Bible

Church constitution
The Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland

An introduction to practice and procedure
The annually updated publication incorporating the preceding General Assembly's changes

Contact details
Contact information for Church law and doctrine queries


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