ad vitam aut culpam造句

• In a Presbyterian Church, elders ( who together with the minister form the kirk session and fulfil some of the functions of a parish council in other denominations ) are ordained for life-" ad vitam aut culpam "-though in some cases without the laying-on of hands . The minister ( " minister of Word and Sacrament ", to use the full title ) is a " teaching elder ", the other kirk session members are " ruling elders ", and the difference is understood to lie in the authority of the appointment rather than the spiritual nature of the ordinance.