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church councils - Church councils are formal assemblies or meetings convened by religious institutions, particularly within Christianity. They serve as decision-making bodies composed of clergy, theologians, and other representatives to discuss and make decisions on matters of doctrine, governance, and policy within the church
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Our church councils have always been transparent.
It also was the site of many important church councils.
Great church councils are held to define doctrine.
Protestant theology for each denomination is usually guarded by church councils.
Church councils were convened to meet and defeat these challenges.
Three bishops of the see are known through their participation in church councils.
Church councils and discussion.
And the bohemians had had scripture in their language despite church councils.
The parochial church councils have done a great deal in that direction.
All other roles of the vestry meetings are now undertaken by parochial church councils.
The activities of the church councils had little effect during this period.
This hostility was reflected in the edicts both of church councils and state laws.
Church councils and organisations responsible for managing the assets of other recognised religious orders.
This is part of the miracle of Church councils.
It has been argued that Church councils did not consider papal decisions binding.

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He also recalls its confirmation in later Church councils.
Early church councils forbade interest and Catholics banned it for a long time.
He rejects the authority of the Pope and of church councils.
The locations of the earliest church councils show that Rome was not dominant.
Calvin also approved of the orthodox Christological statements of the church councils.
The numerous church councils declaring Catharism heretical could not stop it from spreading in Europe.
It was centuries later at Church councils.
At the Church Councils of Split it was mentioned as an old emptied diocese.
The teachings of the Trinity were actually decisions made by a number of general church councils.
The whole point of early Church Councils was to discern what the Scripture said.
The last few Wednesday nights we have been studying the seven ecumenical church councils.
Church councils of Africa.
The Archdiocese of Sens hosted a number of church councils.
In compliance, church councils expelled such people.
Few contemplate the divisive and rancorous nature of nearly all the Church Councils.
However, local church councils responded by excommunicating members who signed the petition.
It is one of a number of pre-ecumenical ancient church councils and synods.
Church councils defined a single set of beliefs as orthodox, and everything else as heresy.
Others used church funds for this, which was permitted by various church councils.
Many church councils were held in Braga, some of them important.
At the regional level were 75 classical assemblies whose members are chosen by the church councils.
While Archbishop, he held church councils and built a new church in Canterbury.
In that same year, he participated in the first church councils in Split.
Though church councils condemned Pelagianism as heresy, this did not immediately crush the teaching.
On the local congregation level, local church councils run the various LCM congregations.
Church councils were, from the beginning, bureaucratic exercises.
At present it is often assumed that early church councils faithfully relayed the Bible 's teachings.
After 1921 each ecclesiastical parish has been the responsibility of the parochial church councils PCCs.
The leaders immediately appeal to the old Roman church councils and go into heresy-hunting mode.
Church Councils in the past gave labels to every “ heresy ” imaginable.
Besides the issue with Lichfield, Jænberht also presided over church councils in England.
Many church councils repeatedly condemned these Sortes Sanctorum ( sacred lots ), as they were called.
The South Gallery, where the great mosaics are, was used for church councils.
Church councils in history ; ; the term of the Ecumenical Councils 9.
Category, Christian church councils.

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