Re'sheph (Heb. id. t'C"^. flam . as often; Sept. 'Pat7i<p v. r. 1.apa<p), one of the descendants of Ephra- ini. a -son" of Beriah (q. v.) (1 Chron. vii, 25). B.C. post 1658.
Residence. In the early Church then' were laws regulating the residence of the clergy, and their design was to hind them to constant attendance upon their duty. The Council of Sardica had several canons relat- ing to this matter. The seventh decreed that no bishop should go tig (rrpaToTTtCov, to the emperor's court, unless the emperor by letter called him thither; hut if any pe- tition was to be preferred to the emperor relating to any civil contest, the bishop should depute his apocrisarius, or resident at court, to act for him, or send his a conomus, or some other of his clergy, to solicit the cause in his name, that the Church might neither receive damage by his absence nor be put to unnecessary expenses. An- other canon of the Council of Sardica limited the absence of a bishop from bis church to three weeks, unless it were upon some very weighty and urgent occasion. An- other allowed the same time for a bishop to collect the revenues of his estate, provided he there celebrated di- vine service every Lord's day. By two other canons, presbyters and deacons were similarly tied. The Couu- cil of Agde made the like order for the French churches, decreeing that a presbyter or deacon who was absent from his church for three weeks should he three years suspended from the communion. By a rule of the fourth Council ofCarthage, every bishop's house was to be near the church. The fifth council prescribed that every bish- op should have his residence near his principal or cathe- dral church, which he should not leave, to the neglect of his cure.
In Great Britain, at the present time, residence is now regulated by 1 ami 2 Vict. c. 10G. The penalties for it, without a license from the bishop, are, one third of the annual value of the benefice when the absence exceeds three hut does not exceed six months; one half of the annual value when the absence exceeds six but does not exceed eight months; and when it has been for the whole year, three fourths of the annual income are forfeited. Certain persons .are exempted from the penalties of non- residence, as the heads of colleges at < Ixford and ( lam- bridge, the warden of Durham University, and the head- masters of Eton, Winchester, and Westminster schools. Privileges for temporary non-residence are granted to a great number of persons who hold offices in cathedrals
and at the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge. See Bingham, Christian Anliq.bk.vi,cih. iv. p. 7 ; Eadie, Eccles. Cyclop, a. v.
Resignation, a patient, unresisting submission to the will oft iod. acknowledging both his power and right to afflict. The obligations to this duty arise from: 1. The perfections of (iod (Dent. \\\rj. [). •_'. The pur- pose oi (iod (Eph. i, in. 3. The commands of God dleb. xii.'.n. 4. The promises of God (1 lvt.v. 7). 5.
Our own interest (H0S.il, 11. 15). 6. The prospect of eternal felicity (Heb. iv. 9). See Lai n n. i .
RESIGNATION, Ecclesiastical. The ancient
Church was very strict in the matter of resignations,
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and yet there were cases in which they were allowed : 1. When a bishop, through the obstinacy, hatred, or dis- gust of any people, found himself incapable of doing them any service, and that the burden was an intoler- able oppression to him ; in that case, if he desired to resign, his resignation was accepted. Thus Gregory Nazianzen renounced the see of Constantinople be- cause the people murmured at him as a stranger. 2. When in charity a bishop resigned, or showed himself willing to resign, to cure some inveterate schism. Thus Chrysostom announced his willingness to resign if the people had any suspicion that he was a usurper. In such cases canonical pensions were sometimes granted. The following are the rules that prevail in the Church of England : It can be made only to a superior, and it must be to such superior as the one from whom it was immediately obtained; for example, where institution was required, the party having the right to institute is the same to whom resignation is to be made ; and in the case of donatives, resignation is to be made to the patron. Resignation must be made personally, and not by proxy : that is, it must be made either by personal appearance before the ordinary, or by an instrument properly attested and presented to him. It must be made without any condition annexed ; in the words of the instrument, it must be made " absolute et simplici- ter," and it must further be, in the words of the same instrument, "sponte et pure." It must also be made voluntarily, and it must not proceed from any corrupt inducement. If an incumbent take any pension, sum of money, or other benefit, directly or indirectly, for or in respect of the resigning of a benefice having cure of souls, such a transaction is criminal in the view of the law, and both the giver and receiver in it are liable to legal penalties. No resignation can be valid till accept- ed by the proper ordinary, but the law has provided no remedy if the ordinary should refuse to accept. In as far as legal decisions have hitherto gone, the ordinary is no more compellable to accept a resignation than he is to admit persons into holy orders. When a resigna- tion has been accepted, notice is to be given to the pa- tron, if different from the ordinary; and lapse does not begin to run, as against the patson, until notice of the vacancy has been properly given to him. A Pres- byterian minister resigns to the presbytery in whose bounds his charge is. See Bingham, Christian Antiq. bk. vi, ch. iv, p. 2 ; Eden. Theol. Did. s. v.