Matters once decided upon may not be proposed again unless they are substantiated by new grounds.
Time is ‘money’ and even more than that, also in church life.
A matter should not come up again for discussion unless it has to
be amended. Therefore the decisions of former major assemblies
must be read accurately by the minor assemblies.
This means that the Acts concerned must be officially adopted by
the
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assemblies themselves, and that they must be made available to
the churches.
A consistory is a permanent body, so that the minutes of a
certain meeting may be adopted by the next meeting. However, a
classis of synod is not a permanent body. Therefore these
assemblies should dispatch their business completely, which
includes the adoption of their own Acts.