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- and the superiority of papal authority to that of councils. Under Pope Julius II, Cajetan was also instrumental in granting to Ferdinand of Spain the ...15 KB (2,393 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- In some countries, notably France, academic councils called Academies are responsible for supervising all aspects of University education in ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- plans began, a total of 702 local municipal councils have been formed. These are headed by elected mayors. The Malian legal system is largely ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2022
- Because the Eastern Orthodox Church emphasizes the authority of councils, which belong to all the bishops, it stresses the canonical uses more ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:41, 1 October 2023
- to her new converts that synods forbade it and councils legislated against it. The Council of Ancyra in 314 decreed five years penance to consulters ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- Province of Awa. Katsu argued before government councils in favor of a unified Japanese naval force, led by professionally trained officers and disregarding ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 17:15, 5 October 2022
- in the hands of local government: the municipal councils or ethnic governments such as—in the district of Judea and Jerusalem—the Sanhedrin and ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- a number of other aristocratic administrative councils. Due to his prominence in the pre-revolutionary government in France, he was beheaded at ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- elected to office and to aspire to service in the councils of national power." ==Notes== ==References== * Escott, Paul D. Military Necessity: ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- in the UK and several divisions of the Research Councils UK (UKRC) announced the availability of extra funding to their grantees for such publication fees. ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 07:11, 14 June 2023
- was rejected as heresy by the Ecumenical Councils, although it is still prevalent ... personae, considerably influenced the Councils of Nicea (325) and of Constantinople ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 11:56, 9 May 2024
- local sanhedrins sometimes functioned as town councils, in addition to the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. The parties of the Pharisees and Sadducees ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- The regions are divided into 27 neighborhood councils. Local communities are administered by village or city councils. ==Economy== ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- the sultan is assisted and advised by five councils, which he appoints. The sultan presides over a nine-member Council of Ministers, or cabinet, ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- interest in and, as she thought, a part in the councils and efforts of the Moderates. At last, the day before the September massacres, she fled, befriended ...18 KB (2,968 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- began electing worker and soldier councils modeled after the soviets ... In contrast to Russia one year earlier, the councils were not controlled ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- Nativity was redecorated with mosaics showing the councils of the church. An ally of King Amalric I of Jerusalem, emperor Manuel I Comnenus of Byzantium ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 12:00, 9 May 2024
- were used to hold family or tribal councils, weddings and adat ceremonies, and meetings to choose a successor when a tribal leader died. ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 2022
- resembling the county and parish councils in England, and placed the autonomous administration of the peasant communes under the supervision ...18 KB (2,859 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- Councils of elderly men and/or representatives of kin groups control the villages and direct village activities through the elected “pulenuku” ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- was divided among many local lords and town councils. Before the crusade, there was little fighting in the area, which had a fairly sophisticated polity. ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- where, under their supervision, five royal councils and 34 civilian representatives produced a codex of laws and edicts as the legal groundwork for ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- attempts to make regular meetings of councils a permanent feature of church governance. Thus, the Great Western Schism, which, on the grounds ...20 KB (3,042 words) - 06:35, 31 July 2023
- of voluntary associations, workers' councils, and a gift economy from ... in Argentina and the Zapatista councils in Mexico to be anarcho ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316, Savaria, Pannonia – November 8, 397, Candes, Gaul) was a bishop of Tours who has become one of the most famous ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- this system, each tribe has a hierarchy of councils, located at the village, range and tribal levels dealing with a variety of local disputes. There ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- to their sheik. He is to hold frequent and open councils, allowing fellow tribesmen to voice their opinions. Rapid modernization, enormous strides in ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- rulers of States and their people to the councils of the Constituent Assembly ... That created the Bodoland Territorial Councils, which granted autonomy ...40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- existing administrative bodies and Revolutionary Councils #Support for artisans and retail trade #Development of Hungarian culture in the spirit ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- office of presidency, parliament, and in town councils are all held every four years, staggered. Elections were last held in 2004 (presidency), 2003 ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- hearts and history of the American people. In councils of power or in homes of the poor, she made government human with her unique compassion and her ...20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- talaq thrice in one go. The Arbitration Councils set up under the law in the urban and rural areas were to deal with cases of (a) grant of sanction ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- in 1060, he was rapidly promoted to the highest councils of state, leaving a remarkable record in social, financial, and military affairs. In the early ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- formerly Association of Canadian Underwater Councils)--originated in Canada in 1969 and expanded internationally in 1984--certifications recognized worldwide. ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- Band of the Abenaki Nation. In 1980, two small councils united to form the Northeast Woodland-Coos Band, now known as the Koasek Traditional Band ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- slowly over several centuries. Formal councils and declarations were also involved, however. In the first three centuries of the Christian church ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- papal infallibility in favor of ecumenical councils, but rejected the Council of Trent (1545-63), which was organized under the auspices of Rome in ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- of Parliament and the presidents of Regional Councils. The president serves a five-year term. The president may be removed by the electoral college ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- of the peace decreed by popes or councils). A period of relaxation ensued during the fourteenth century owing to the general decline of Christian ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- and now by their successors, Sector Skills Councils, state-sponsored but supposedly "employer-led" bodies responsible for defining training ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit is the word "Yavana" ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- In the past, the election of municipality councils occurred once every three years, but it now takes place every four years. The council elects ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- resulted in the 1920 establishment of two advisory councils representing Africans and Europeans. Proclamations in 1934 regularized tribal rule and powers ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- attempts of Conciliarism, the belief that general councils of the church collectively were God's representative on earth, rather than the pope. Firmly ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 08:30, 10 January 2024
- rulers' powers were checked by councils. Secret societies, notably ... electing 456 councilors sitting in 19 local councils. ==Administrative ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- or hoogheemraadschappen ("high home councils") were established ... by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms) and ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- matters, was controlled by monarchs (Obas) and councils of nobles, guildleaders, and merchants, commonly known as Ẹgbẹ in Yoruba. ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- had not yet been formulated by intervening councils, and thus Origen's discussion of the matters was not guided by what would become accepted ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 01:25, 18 November 2022
- five regional synhedria (Sanhedrins, or councils) to regulate the internal affairs of the Jews, while the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem interpreted ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- the councils were under the influence of Augustine of Hippo, who regarded ... seen as following Augustine's Carthaginian Councils ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- against heresy became more frequent. Church Councils, composed of bishops and archbishops, were charged with establishing inquisitions. ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- * Introduced the sovnarkhozes, (Councils of People's Economy), regional organizations in an attempt to combat the centralization and departmentalism ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- of the Bible, creeds and the great councils of the early church, while some reformers wanted to replace creeds and tradition with the Bible. ...22 KB (3,583 words) - 21:06, 30 April 2023
- The Hetmanate was led by the Hetman, his cabinet, and two councils, the General Council and the Council of Officers. The hetman was initially ...25 KB (3,590 words) - 23:40, 6 April 2022
- was established over the centuries at Councils dating from as early as ... teaching of the church fathers and the councils and even the canon law of ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- owned companies were supervised by worker councils, which were made up of all ... of people and had their own workers' councils, whose assent was needed ...62 KB (9,032 words) - 21:37, 4 June 2023
- and the two People's Representative Councils. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. [[Image:Borneo(E),Sulawesi ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- some responsibility for the catastrophe to the councils (Judenräte), who complied with the German authorities. It inspired a number of historical ...24 KB (3,560 words) - 18:02, 23 January 2024
- the head of the Church, and Palliyogams (Parish Councils) were in charge of temporal affairs. They had a liturgy-centered life with days of fasting and ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- The city was ruled by aristocracy that formed two city councils and maintained a strict system of social classes. A medical service was introduced ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- peace, and bread!" Soviets were councils assembled locally within a city with delegates elected from the workers of the various factories ...24 KB (3,571 words) - 22:55, 5 April 2021
- force to the canons of the four ecumenical councils (Novellae, cxxxi.). The bishops in attendance at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 recognized ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- plans began, a total of 702 local municipal councils have been formed. These are headed by elected mayors. Mali is a source, transit, and destination ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- to the Ojibwa at the time of the treaty councils. Consequently, legal arguments ... areas. Some Minnesota Ojibwa tribal councils cooperate in the 1854 Treaty ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- Traditionally, law making and political control belonged to councils ... the basic units of Avar society, with councils of elders and village courts ...42 KB (6,192 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- "a familiar and respected figure of the councils of the United Nations, the Commonwealth and of the Third World" 1977. Archbishop Makarios ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 05:34, 5 November 2022
- his scheme for the creation of National Councils in England, Scotland and ... #039;s renewed scheme for National Councils was not discussed in Cabinet ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- parishes are administered by popularly elected councils, and the remaining parishes are administered by elected commissions. The local government ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- history is Nectarius, who took part in several councils about the middle of the fifth century. St. Magnus was a Gallo-Roman senator who became a monk ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- chief appointed by the governor. District councils, elected to four-year terms ... budget. The last elections for local councils in Bangkok were held on ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- is made up of thirteen former city and town councils and is managed by means of an executive mayoral system. Gauteng province was formed from part ...25 KB (3,503 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- Eusebius of Caesarea. Emperors chaired church councils, and their will was decisive in appointing of patriarchs and deciding the territory they would ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- 18, 2008 He organized two anti-heretical church councils, in 1350 and 1359–1360, that condemned various sects such as the Bogomils, the Adamites and ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- He then affirmed that popes and councils might err and that the only ... of Scripture we should reject pope and councils." Eck also baited Luther ...61 KB (9,597 words) - 08:35, 10 March 2023
- bodies such as city and regional councils have their own emergency management agencies to control localized states of emergency, but these all ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- in the Church, during the Great Schism; in the councils, in dealing with heresies and deplorable divisions; in the State, during national crises; and ...30 KB (4,606 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- enslave the individual. Green observed that local councils and municipal authorities tended to produce measures that were more imaginative and better ...28 KB (4,469 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- removed the Exchequer and the custody of royal councils and ministerial appointments from the king's remit. Similar restrictions would be placed ...26 KB (4,217 words) - 22:11, 29 January 2023
- Encyclopedia of Religion. (New York: Macmillan, sv "Councils, Buddhist". on ola (palm) leaves. A. K. Warder. Indian Buddhism, 3rd ed ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- 17 city districts represented by City District Councils. == Economy == [[Image:Zrtava fasizma.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Trg Žrtava Fašizma (Victims ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- received its own executive and legislative councils in 1901 and gradually progressed toward self-government. A 1906 ordinance abolished slavery. ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- National Convention, as well as by département councils throughout the country. Many of the acts of dechristianization in 1793 were motivated by the ...27 KB (3,836 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2024
- the rulings of the Ecumenical councils, and the writings of the Church Fathers. From the consensus of the Fathers (consensus patrum), one may ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- #039;s 1961 farewell address: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- Jews of many of their civil rights, and church councils throughout the sixth and seventh century further enforced anti-Jewish provisions. ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- defined and agreed upon by the early ecumenical councils. Historically, it was not formulated with that same level of precision, thus having many differing ...32 KB (5,060 words) - 18:12, 21 August 2023
- chosen for periods of ten years at councils held every four years. Many chiefs were chosen from among the ranks of the military societies, but ...31 KB (4,746 words) - 20:56, 9 December 2023
- bases: the king; the temple and its priests; and councils of elders. Byblos soon became the predominant center from where they proceeded to dominate ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- during which the guilds dissolved town councils and detained patricians in an attempt to increase their influence. The guild was at the center ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- Bible contains all Christian teaching, thus the councils and the creeds are not binding. After the seventeenth century, many Hussites joined other ...28 KB (4,685 words) - 08:56, 1 April 2024
- by the Apostle Paul and some church councils. Circumcision is common in the Middle East, North America (U.S. and Canada), Australia, and parts ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- Elected district councils coordinate elected town and village councils and mayors who administer local government. The constitution guarantees ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- majority of seats on five of seven regional councils. In early legislative elections in October 1994, the MLSTP won a plurality of seats in the Assembly ...27 KB (4,031 words) - 02:25, 21 April 2023
- Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha and state legislative councils, judges of the Supreme Court of India and High Courts, and high ranking officers of the army ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- appeals from other city dumas and zemstvo councils followed. ... and more authority local municipal councils, insurance for industrial ...57 KB (8,235 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- # Local industries and councils were supportive # Some Government finance was provided and because of sharing work, the cost per organization ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
- increase local authority. In 2007, there were 114 councils operating in 99 districts; 22 are urban and 92 are rural. == Geography == ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- The archbishop held ecclesiastical councils, including one at York in 1195 which legislated that the clergy should collect their tithes in full ...34 KB (5,307 words) - 23:24, 17 January 2024
- da Cunha preside over these two areas' Island Councils. See Constitution section below. {| class="wikitable sortable" ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
