Purposes of Church Discipline

#Overview

This subarticle keeps the ends of discipline explicit so the church's censures are read pastorally rather than punitively.

How censures aim at reclaiming offenders, preserving purity, and vindicating Christ's honor.

#Key topics

• Restoration
• Purity
• Honor of Christ

These topics mark the doctrinal and navigational center of the page ¹.

#Discipline for holiness and peace

Church censures are framed as a means of preserving holiness, guarding truth, and reclaiming offenders for restoration ¹.

#Keys, purposes, and outcomes

The subarticles walk readers from the spiritual basis of discipline to its pastoral purposes and actual censures.

#Study note

This chapter belongs beside the Book of Discipline in the constitutional wiki tree.

#Sources

• [1] RPCNA convictions - Official constitutional landing page.
• [2] OPC Westminster Confession of Faith - Public full-text host used as an accessible article reference.

#Rights note

Summary-first treatment only. ²