A Book of Discipline (or in its shortened form Discipline)[1] is a book detailing the beliefs, standards, doctrines, canon law, and polity of a particular Christian denomination.[2][3] They are often re-written by the governing body of the church concerned due to changes in society and in the denomination itself.[4] As many Christian denominations are global, a Book of Discipline may be multilingual.
By Christian denomination
Methodism
Methodist connexions have been using a Book of Discipline since 1784, which contains canon law and doctrine:[5]
- The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection[6]
- The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church[7]
- Book of Discipline of the Free Methodist Church[8]
- Book of Discipline for the United Methodist Church
- Discipline of the Immanuel Missionary Church[9]
- The Discipline of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection[10]
Presbyterianism
- Book of Discipline of the Church of Scotland and Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland
Quakerism
Within Quaker Christianity, the text may be known as a Book of Discipline or a Manual of Faith and Practice:
- Book of Discipline of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - each Yearly Meeting (national organisation of Quakers) publishes its own Book of Discipline, which may be titled the Book of Discipline or Faith and Practice or some other name.
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