The Rights and Duties of Rectors, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen in the American Church

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879. Excerpt: ... dict should not be disturbed. Rule discharged. 4 Vroom, N. J. State Rep. 33, 162. 8. The Cure of Souls. The Canon. 1. No Minister belonging to this Church shall officiate, either by preaching, reading prayers, or otherwise, in the Parish or within the parochial Cure of another Clergyman, unless he have received express permission for that purpose from the Minister of the Parish or Cure, or, in his absence, from the Churchwardens and Vestrymen or Trustees of the Congregation, or a majority of them. 2. Where Parish boundaries are not defined by law, or settled by Diocesan Authority under Section 2 of Canon 5 of Title III. of this Digest, or are not otherwise settled, they shall, for the purposes of this Section, be denned by the civil divisions of the State, as follows: Parochial boundaries shall be the limits as now fixed by law of any village, town, township, incorporated borough, city, or the limits of some division thereof which may have been recognized by the Bishop, acting with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, as constituting the boundaries of a Parish. If there be but one Church or Congregation within the limits of such village, town, township, borough, city, or such division of a city or town as herein provided, the same shall be deemed the parochial Cure of the Minister having charge thereof. If there be two or more Congregations or Churches therein, it shall be deemed the Cure of the Ministers thereof, and the assent of a majority of such Ministers shall be necessary; but nothing in this Canon shall be construed to prevent any Clergyman of this Church from officiating in any Parish Church, or in any place of public worship used by any Congregation of this Church, or elsewhere within the parochial Cure of the Minister of the sa...