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- of the Roman Empire since the earliest councils were all convoked by Roman ... importance of the first seven ecumenical councils. These seven councils, at ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in traditional Christianity ... of faith. The faith declared at the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- due to their rejection of certain Ecumenical Councils. ==Assyrian Church ... It accepts only the first two Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church—the ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- of the current and previous ecumenical councils should be deposed if a bishop ... ratify the depositions decreed by both councils. He therefore declared that ...15 KB (2,352 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2024
- * Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787 ... Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 17:40, 25 January 2023
- * Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787 ... Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- A total of six Great Councils have now been held for the sake of taking ... com/index.pl?node_id=1133083 Buddhist Councils.] Retrieved September 14, 2007. ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- based on the tradition of the ecumenical councils, which specify "from ... The aforementioned councils were all considered "ecumenical" ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ... *Price Richard, and Mary Whitby. Chalcedon in Context Church Councils ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 09:38, 24 November 2022
- prior to it being codified at both the councils of Florence and Trent. The ... of the Fathers, taught in sacred councils and very recently in this ...14 KB (2,345 words) - 14:29, 2 July 2022
- venue—the institutional church, the councils of the church, worship, ... of the first four great ecumenical councils, and, less universally, ...23 KB (3,516 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- Arian creeds adopted by various church councils, including the one just ... it had been condemned by several church councils because of its association ...25 KB (3,876 words) - 06:26, 12 August 2023
- a Local Government Board in 1871. County Councils were formed in 1888, District ... their responsibilities to the county councils and county boroughs. Some ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 08:51, 24 November 2022
- public parks. The Cadbury brothers formed Work Councils for their employees, one for men and one for women. Members were elected. The Councils discussed ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 08:39, 6 November 2022
- Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Councils have been chartered in many ... Though the first councils were all held in the organization's ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- 359-360 he participated in eastern church councils, but ran afoul of imperial ... uttered by the eastern bishops in the councils of Ancyra, Antioch, and ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 13:14, 22 January 2024
- books, a decision that was repeated by Councils of Carthage in 397 C.E. ... of Toulouse. When these bishops and councils spoke on the matter, however ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- public veneration should be examined in councils (Beccari). Even after these ... * Conducting three separate councils of inquiry: one seeking the candidates ...17 KB (2,634 words) - 19:27, 25 November 2023
- Margaret summoned a congress of the three Councils of the Realm to Kalmar in June 1397; and on Trinity Sunday, on June 17, Eric was solemnly ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- through local metal workers' councils to represent a diverse group ... labor bodies (known as central labor councils) in major metropolitan areas ...21 KB (3,149 words) - 03:34, 24 July 2023
- 416, and was subsequently condemned by two African councils and excommunicated in 417 by Pope Innocent I. Church councils condemned Pelagianism in 418 ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 17:49, 25 January 2023
- * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- councils, it convened in Trent for three periods between December ... the theory of the supremacy of general councils laid down by the Council ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- Reversing several previous councils that had supported various ... *Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): ...21 KB (3,217 words) - 17:20, 28 March 2024
- local authorities. Local government councils, in many cases, had been ... Prime Minister Thatcher decided to bring the local councils to heel ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 11:44, 13 February 2022
- The following table presents in the same way the texts of the two ... text that is not in the Greek of the Councils: "Deum de Deo" ...31 KB (3,964 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- used in the context of large ecumenical councils that were organized under ... the teachings of the Seven Ecumenical Councils forbid changing the church ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- as well as of the first three general councils. Acceptance of the fifth ... on the clergy, the popes and church councils intended to lessen the temptation ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- with disputes resolved by episcopal councils. His work is a major source ... which has been established by the ancient councils, and we detest all sects ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- oversee different areas. At village level, councils reported to the governor. Weights and measures were standardized. Tasks such as street cleaning, ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- Authority began creating neighborhood councils, elected by neighborhood ... Similarly, in Baghdad Province, local councils were elected from 20 ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- ===The Ecumenical Councils=== major role in the first three Ecumenical councils. Thus, the Council of Nicaea ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other—my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot ...7 KB (1,119 words) - 14:32, 29 January 2024
- attendance and votes at ecclesiastical councils. Thus at the first Council ... in defiance of the prohibition of early councils and the protests of St. ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... defined at the first three ecumenical councils at Nicaea, Constantinople ...23 KB (3,529 words) - 20:01, 9 November 2022
- Local councils in Asia Minor reportedly moved against the Montanists as early as 177 C.E. When one such synod excommunicated Priscilla, she reportedly ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- of Cheltenham, Pope Damasus I, the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), Pope Innocent I, the second Council of Carthage (419), and Augustine ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- Strait Islands in 1879. Elected island councils and law courts were set ... area. There are 17 Torres Strait Island Councils. These areas have been relinquished ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- of the tribes, since the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ... the treaty, claiming that the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ...18 KB (2,766 words) - 19:44, 14 August 2021
- The Ecthesis reaffirmed the doctrines of five Ecumenical Councils ... and the adjoining islands also held councils and likewise wrote afterward ...20 KB (3,013 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- were ratified at the intervening Ecumenical Councils. ====Second and third centuries: Adoptionism in Pre-Nicene christology==== The first definitively ...19 KB (2,965 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- (c.160-c.225) and established through the Councils of Nicea (325) and Constantinople ... coined considerably influenced the later Councils of Nicea (325) and of Constantinople ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- Local government in Botswana is administered by nine district councils and five town councils. District commissioners have executive authority ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- or to change the decisions of Ecumenical Councils. The filioque controversy ... their geographical areas. The Ecumenical Councils of Constantinople and Chalcedon ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- The Epistle of Jude is a book in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Considered one of the "general epistles" because it is addressed ...9 KB (1,490 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- 8, workers' and soldiers' councils had seized most of western ... members were similarly killed, and the councils were suppressed. Luxemburg ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- Soon, sovereigns with their councils and retinues held court ... powers for tribes and for tribal councils. Though the Act did not ...21 KB (3,221 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- the Studite, along with the canons of the Councils, constitute the chief part ... as time went on by the decisions of councils, by the ordinances of the ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- of Lyons, and Prudentius, and was condemned by two councils: that of Valence in 855, and that of Langres in 859. The former council described his arguments ...10 KB (1,486 words) - 15:09, 1 August 2022
- ===Neighborhood councils=== Voters created neighborhood councils in the Charter Reform of 1999 ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- with one third elected from provincial councils, another third from local ... Unlike other cities, Kabul City has two independent councils or administrations ...23 KB (3,393 words) - 06:47, 28 February 2023
- of Musset and Skidegate have Band Councils that experience varying degrees of influence and control by Canada's federal government. The ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- The Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. ISBN 9781598562996 * Roey, A. van, and Pauline Allen. Monophysite ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 05:26, 5 April 2021
- During his minority, three 'continual councils' lasting from June 1377 to January 1380 were responsible for the general governing of ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- families who sat alone in the town councils and held all administrative ... an opportunity to gain power in the urban councils as Luther’s proposed reformed ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 23:30, 4 December 2022
- was not universal, but regional councils in the West published official canons that included these books as early as the fourth and fifth centuries. ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- policy, which was often decided at church councils, the most widely attended ... affirming the ancient tradition of church councils as the supreme ecclesiastical ...30 KB (4,688 words) - 06:38, 18 November 2022
- a precedent for subsequent ecumenical councils of bishops' to create ... * Davis, S.J., Leo Donald, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325 ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- from the control of the church to burgh councils, and the burghs also founded ... In Scotland, the burgh councils were able to update the curricula ...25 KB (3,841 words) - 12:15, 24 January 2023
- * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...11 KB (1,751 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- of Nations to a suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth, allowing ... Municipal governments, with city and town councils presided over by mayors ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils." To minimize the risk of foreign machinations and inducements, the electoral college members ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- The regions are divided into 27 neighborhood councils. Local communities are administered by village or city councils. As the capital of Guyana ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- assisted by executive and legislative councils. Beneath the governor-general ... into the three presidencies. The Indian Councils Act of 1861 restored legislative ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- Joffrey became an adviser to, and member of, many arts councils and organizations, among them the dance section of the International Theater ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- position that scriptures should be interpreted by councils of the faithful rather than by authorities of the church. Marcilius was one of the ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 16:16, 6 November 2022
- Knights had been summoned to previous councils, but the representation ... of individual rulers waned and various councils and wiece grew stronger ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- accept the teaching of the early ecumenical councils (for instance, followers of Charles Finney) nevertheless align themselves more with Pelagius than ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils The 47 seats of the unicameral General Council ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- by its advocacy of workers' councils, which had spontaneously ... The failure of the workers' councils to develop into a national ...43 KB (6,140 words) - 05:41, 11 August 2023
- ===Local councils=== Since 1994, Malta has been subdivided into 68 local councils or districts ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- were released and armed. Impromptu councils wrested municipal control ... narrow streets of Budapest, revolutionary councils arose nationwide, assumed ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- epistle of the New Testament by a series of councils in the fourth century. Today, virtually all denominations of Christianity consider this book to ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- schools are under the control of local councils (Local Education Authorities ... Academic councils called académies (academies) are responsible for ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- formed clearly defined communities governed by councils with chieftains has leaders. Evidence of shamanistic religious ceremonies and burying dead in ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 11:25, 26 June 2022
- them with sovnarkhoz, or regional economic councils. Although he intended these economic councils to be more responsive ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 12:48, 1 February 2024
- as opposed to those of the church councils. He left behind 19 volumes of his writings and more than 700 letters. After the conquest of Constantinople ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- document would be referenced, such as Church councils, papal letters, ancient texts or commentaries. The points of disagreement and contention among these ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- union, anarcho-syndicalists argue that labor councils will work outside of the workplace and within the community to encourage community and consumer ...27 KB (3,759 words) - 19:00, 26 July 2023
- Jewish Christians being punished by local Jewish councils (Matthew 10:17) may be best understood with reference to the dominance of the House of Shammai ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 13:10, 27 January 2023
- Africa with a series of local and regional councils and guidelines on personal law. He initiated similar organizational structures in India. While in ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- united the English and Scotland's Privy Councils and decentralized Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- right of asylum was confirmed by all following councils. In England, King Ethelbert made the first laws regulating sanctuary in about 600 C.E ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- ===Councils=== In 1855 the Nez Perce attended the council at Walla Walla along with other Columbia Plateau tribes. Led by Chief Old Joseph who ...36 KB (5,544 words) - 23:25, 14 November 2022
- In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- Private Member's bill to force local councils to hold meetings in public ... Livingstone, and six Metropolitan County Councils (MCCs). The government claimed ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- are home to five of the strongest humanities councils in the U.S. The Nebraska State Legislature created the first-ever state endowment fund for ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by waging it…. Where does security lie, anyway - security against the ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:37, 4 August 2023
- Tribal councils in the United States and Canada have a somewhat different ... Bands may and do withdraw from tribal councils. Furthermore, the authority ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- likewise in the same year. Both of these African councils reported their acts to the pope and asked him to confirm their decisions. Soon after this, five ...15 KB (2,270 words) - 11:00, 13 February 2022
- 434. The decrees of the first three councils—Nicæa, Constantinople ... , containing the canons of the ecumenical councils, the ecclestical councils ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- with five districts of legal and religious councils known as sanhedrin (Greek: συνέδριον, "synedrion"): And when he had ordained ...39 KB (6,358 words) - 14:51, 7 June 2023
- Councils elected by universal suffrage govern most towns. Supported largely by property taxation, the councils are responsible for the regulation ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- support and encouragement from governors, city councils, school boards, and the U.S. Congress. President Clinton established the Commission on ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- After the unification, 16 sub-councils were formed, and later increased to the present 23. Sub-councils consist of geographically clustered wards ...27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- The Indian Township and Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy tribal councils form the Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council which is responsible for issues ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- hold to a greater role for tradition and church councils. Roman Catholic tradition also affirms the special teaching authority of the pope, whose pronouncement ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:54, 11 March 2024
- divisions, with municipal and town councils in urban areas and district and village councils in rural areas. The island of Rodrigues forms the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- popular collectives such as workers' councils, or it may be indirect, ... of government through workers' councils (in Russian, soviets) in ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
