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    Presidential Ruling #23 Mar 2004

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    [...]able to make decisions which are contrary to the doctrine of the Church, whether or not
    the Assembly has passed a specific resolution to define the doctrine in question?

    4. Was:-

    (a) the[...]adopted was the ASC defining new
    doctrine for the Uniting Church, and, if so, was it[...]
    [...]and decide the matter
    because it involved doctrinal issues and thus was a matter for the Assembly.

    2[...]fore the meeting did not accord with the received doctrines, tradition and
    teaching of the Uniting Chu[...]o it – the Uniting Church
    already has a doctrine, one received at the time of Union.”

    I have al[...]n require the Presbytery to give consideration to doctrine as well as
    a range of other matters. It is approp[...]ng responsibility" of the Assembly "in matters of doctrine, worship,
    government and discipline”(para 38 of[...]residential Ruling that clarifies or confirms the doctrine of the Church insofar as it
    relates to the accept[...]or this
    purpose. Clarification or confirmation of doctrine is a matter for the Assembly. It would not[...]