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  • 416, and was subsequently condemned by two African councils and excommunicated in 417 by Pope Innocent I. Church councils condemned Pelagianism in 418 ...
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  • * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...
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  • councils, it convened in Trent for three periods between December ... the theory of the supremacy of general councils laid down by the Council ...
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  • Reversing several previous councils that had supported various ... *Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): ...
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  • local authorities. Local government councils, in many cases, had been ... Prime Minister Thatcher decided to bring the local councils to heel ...
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  • that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea ...
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  • 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" ...
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  • used in the context of large ecumenical councils that were organized under ... the teachings of the Seven Ecumenical Councils forbid changing the church ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • oversee different areas. At village level, councils reported to the governor. Weights and measures were standardized. Tasks such as street cleaning, ...
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  • Authority began creating neighborhood councils, elected by neighborhood ... Similarly, in Baghdad Province, local councils were elected from 20 ...
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  • ===The Ecumenical Councils=== major role in the first three Ecumenical councils. Thus, the Council of Nicaea ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • attendance and votes at ecclesiastical councils. Thus at the first Council ... in defiance of the prohibition of early councils and the protests of St. ...
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  • that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... defined at the first three ecumenical councils at Nicaea, Constantinople ...
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  • Local councils in Asia Minor reportedly moved against the Montanists as early as 177 C.E. When one such synod excommunicated Priscilla, she reportedly ...
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  • of Cheltenham, Pope Damasus I, the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), Pope Innocent I, the second Council of Carthage (419), and Augustine ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • of the tribes, since the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ... the treaty, claiming that the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ...
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  • The Ecthesis reaffirmed the doctrines of five Ecumenical Councils ... and the adjoining islands also held councils and likewise wrote afterward ...
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  • were ratified at the intervening Ecumenical Councils. ====Second and third centuries: Adoptionism in Pre-Nicene christology==== The first definitively ...
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  • (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 ...
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  • Local government in Botswana is administered by nine district councils and five town councils. District commissioners have executive authority ...
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  • or to change the decisions of Ecumenical Councils. The filioque controversy ... their geographical areas. The Ecumenical Councils of Constantinople and Chalcedon ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 8, workers' and soldiers' councils had seized most of western ... members were similarly killed, and the councils were suppressed. Luxemburg ...
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  • Soon, sovereigns with their councils and retinues held court ... powers for tribes and for tribal councils. Though the Act did not ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ===Neighborhood councils=== Voters created neighborhood councils in the Charter Reform of 1999 ...
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  • with one third elected from provincial councils, another third from local ... Unlike other cities, Kabul City has two independent councils or administrations ...
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  • of Musset and Skidegate have Band Councils that experience varying degrees of influence and control by Canada's federal government. The ...
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  • The Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. ISBN 9781598562996 * Roey, A. van, and Pauline Allen. Monophysite ...
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  • During his minority, three 'continual councils' lasting from June 1377 to January 1380 were responsible for the general governing of ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • was not universal, but regional councils in the West published official canons that included these books as early as the fourth and fifth centuries. ...
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  • policy, which was often decided at church councils, the most widely attended ... affirming the ancient tradition of church councils as the supreme ecclesiastical ...
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  • a precedent for subsequent ecumenical councils of bishops' to create ... * Davis, S.J., Leo Donald, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...
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  • of Nations to a suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth, allowing ... Municipal governments, with city and town councils presided over by mayors ...
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  • powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils." To minimize the risk of foreign machinations and inducements, the electoral college members ...
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  • The regions are divided into 27 neighborhood councils. Local communities are administered by village or city councils. As the capital of Guyana ...
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  • assisted by executive and legislative councils. Beneath the governor-general ... into the three presidencies. The Indian Councils Act of 1861 restored legislative ...
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  • Joffrey became an adviser to, and member of, many arts councils and organizations, among them the dance section of the International Theater ...
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  • position that scriptures should be interpreted by councils of the faithful rather than by authorities of the church. Marcilius was one of the ...
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  • Knights had been summoned to previous councils, but the representation ... of individual rulers waned and various councils and wiece grew stronger ...
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  • accept the teaching of the early ecumenical councils (for instance, followers of Charles Finney) nevertheless align themselves more with Pelagius than ...
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  • The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils The 47 seats of the unicameral General Council ...
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