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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 ...

the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in traditional Christianity ... of faith. The faith declared at the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople ...

due to their rejection of certain Ecumenical Councils. ==Assyrian Church ... It accepts only the first two Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church—the ...

of the current and previous ecumenical councils should be deposed if a bishop ... ratify the depositions decreed by both councils. He therefore declared that ...

* Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787 ... Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ...

* Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787 ... Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ...

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. ...

based on the tradition of the ecumenical councils, which specify "from ... The aforementioned councils were all considered "ecumenical" ...

Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers ... *Price Richard, and Mary Whitby. Chalcedon in Context Church Councils ...

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 ...

venue—the institutional church, the councils of the church, worship, ... of the first four great ecumenical councils, and, less universally, ...

Arian creeds adopted by various church councils, including the one just ... it had been condemned by several church councils because of its association ...

a Local Government Board in 1871. County Councils were formed in 1888, District ... their responsibilities to the county councils and county boroughs. Some ...

public parks. The Cadbury brothers formed Work Councils for their employees, one for men and one for women. Members were elected. The Councils discussed ...

Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Councils have been chartered in many ... Though the first councils were all held in the organization's ...

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 ...

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 ...

public veneration should be examined in councils (Beccari). Even after these ... * Conducting three separate councils of inquiry: one seeking the candidates ...

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 ...

through local metal workers' councils to represent a diverse group ... labor bodies (known as central labor councils) in major metropolitan areas ...

416, and was subsequently condemned by two African councils and excommunicated in 417 by Pope Innocent I. Church councils condemned Pelagianism in 418 ...

* Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...

councils, it convened in Trent for three periods between December ... the theory of the supremacy of general councils laid down by the Council ...

Reversing several previous councils that had supported various ... *Davis, Leo Donald. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): ...

local authorities. Local government councils, in many cases, had been ... Prime Minister Thatcher decided to bring the local councils to heel ...

that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... * Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea ...

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" ...

used in the context of large ecumenical councils that were organized under ... the teachings of the Seven Ecumenical Councils forbid changing the church ...

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 ...

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 ...

oversee different areas. At village level, councils reported to the governor. Weights and measures were standardized. Tasks such as street cleaning, ...

Authority began creating neighborhood councils, elected by neighborhood ... Similarly, in Baghdad Province, local councils were elected from 20 ...

===The Ecumenical Councils=== major role in the first three Ecumenical councils. Thus, the Council of Nicaea ...

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 ...

attendance and votes at ecclesiastical councils. Thus at the first Council ... in defiance of the prohibition of early councils and the protests of St. ...

that only the first three ecumenical councils were to be accepted, rejecting ... defined at the first three ecumenical councils at Nicaea, Constantinople ...

Local councils in Asia Minor reportedly moved against the Montanists as early as 177 C.E. When one such synod excommunicated Priscilla, she reportedly ...

of Cheltenham, Pope Damasus I, the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), Pope Innocent I, the second Council of Carthage (419), and Augustine ...

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 ...

of the tribes, since the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ... the treaty, claiming that the full tribal councils had not been consulted, ...

The Ecthesis reaffirmed the doctrines of five Ecumenical Councils ... and the adjoining islands also held councils and likewise wrote afterward ...

were ratified at the intervening Ecumenical Councils. ====Second and third centuries: Adoptionism in Pre-Nicene christology==== The first definitively ...

(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 ...

Local government in Botswana is administered by nine district councils and five town councils. District commissioners have executive authority ...

or to change the decisions of Ecumenical Councils. The filioque controversy ... their geographical areas. The Ecumenical Councils of Constantinople and Chalcedon ...

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 ...

8, workers' and soldiers' councils had seized most of western ... members were similarly killed, and the councils were suppressed. Luxemburg ...

Soon, sovereigns with their councils and retinues held court ... powers for tribes and for tribal councils. Though the Act did not ...

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 ...

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 ...

===Neighborhood councils=== Voters created neighborhood councils in the Charter Reform of 1999 ...

with one third elected from provincial councils, another third from local ... Unlike other cities, Kabul City has two independent councils or administrations ...

of Musset and Skidegate have Band Councils that experience varying degrees of influence and control by Canada's federal government. The ...

The Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. ISBN 9781598562996 * Roey, A. van, and Pauline Allen. Monophysite ...

During his minority, three 'continual councils' lasting from June 1377 to January 1380 were responsible for the general governing of ...

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 ...

was not universal, but regional councils in the West published official canons that included these books as early as the fourth and fifth centuries. ...

policy, which was often decided at church councils, the most widely attended ... affirming the ancient tradition of church councils as the supreme ecclesiastical ...

a precedent for subsequent ecumenical councils of bishops' to create ... * Davis, S.J., Leo Donald, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325 ...

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 ...

* Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...

of Nations to a suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth, allowing ... Municipal governments, with city and town councils presided over by mayors ...

powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils." To minimize the risk of foreign machinations and inducements, the electoral college members ...

The regions are divided into 27 neighborhood councils. Local communities are administered by village or city councils. As the capital of Guyana ...

assisted by executive and legislative councils. Beneath the governor-general ... into the three presidencies. The Indian Councils Act of 1861 restored legislative ...

Joffrey became an adviser to, and member of, many arts councils and organizations, among them the dance section of the International Theater ...

position that scriptures should be interpreted by councils of the faithful rather than by authorities of the church. Marcilius was one of the ...

Knights had been summoned to previous councils, but the representation ... of individual rulers waned and various councils and wiece grew stronger ...

accept the teaching of the early ecumenical councils (for instance, followers of Charles Finney) nevertheless align themselves more with Pelagius than ...

The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils The 47 seats of the unicameral General Council ...

by its advocacy of workers' councils, which had spontaneously ... The failure of the workers' councils to develop into a national ...

===Local councils=== Since 1994, Malta has been subdivided into 68 local councils or districts ...

were released and armed. Impromptu councils wrested municipal control ... narrow streets of Budapest, revolutionary councils arose nationwide, assumed ...

epistle of the New Testament by a series of councils in the fourth century. Today, virtually all denominations of Christianity consider this book to ...

schools are under the control of local councils (Local Education Authorities ... Academic councils called académies (academies) are responsible for ...

formed clearly defined communities governed by councils with chieftains has leaders. Evidence of shamanistic religious ceremonies and burying dead in ...

them with sovnarkhoz, or regional economic councils. Although he intended these economic councils to be more responsive ...

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 ...

document would be referenced, such as Church councils, papal letters, ancient texts or commentaries. The points of disagreement and contention among these ...

union, anarcho-syndicalists argue that labor councils will work outside of the workplace and within the community to encourage community and consumer ...

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 ...

Africa with a series of local and regional councils and guidelines on personal law. He initiated similar organizational structures in India. While in ...

united the English and Scotland's Privy Councils and decentralized Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to ...

right of asylum was confirmed by all following councils. In England, King Ethelbert made the first laws regulating sanctuary in about 600 C.E ...

===Councils=== In 1855 the Nez Perce attended the council at Walla Walla along with other Columbia Plateau tribes. Led by Chief Old Joseph who ...

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial ...

Private Member's bill to force local councils to hold meetings in public ... Livingstone, and six Metropolitan County Councils (MCCs). The government claimed ...

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 ...

not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by waging it…. Where does security lie, anyway - security against the ...

Tribal councils in the United States and Canada have a somewhat different ... Bands may and do withdraw from tribal councils. Furthermore, the authority ...

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 ...

434. The decrees of the first three councils—Nicæa, Constantinople ... , containing the canons of the ecumenical councils, the ecclestical councils ...

with five districts of legal and religious councils known as sanhedrin (Greek: συνέδριον, "synedrion"): And when he had ordained ...

Councils elected by universal suffrage govern most towns. Supported largely by property taxation, the councils are responsible for the regulation ...

support and encouragement from governors, city councils, school boards, and the U.S. Congress. President Clinton established the Commission on ...

After the unification, 16 sub-councils were formed, and later increased to the present 23. Sub-councils consist of geographically clustered wards ...

The Indian Township and Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy tribal councils form the Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council which is responsible for issues ...

hold to a greater role for tradition and church councils. Roman Catholic tradition also affirms the special teaching authority of the pope, whose pronouncement ...

divisions, with municipal and town councils in urban areas and district and village councils in rural areas. The island of Rodrigues forms the ...

popular collectives such as workers' councils, or it may be indirect, ... of government through workers' councils (in Russian, soviets) in ...

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 ...

In some countries, notably France, academic councils called Academies are responsible for supervising all aspects of University education in ...

plans began, a total of 702 local municipal councils have been formed. These are headed by elected mayors. The Malian legal system is largely ...

* Alberigo, Giuseppe. The Oecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). (Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 1.) Turnhout: ...

Because the Eastern Orthodox Church emphasizes the authority of councils, which belong to all the bishops, it stresses the canonical uses more ...

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 ...

Province of Awa. Katsu argued before government councils in favor of a unified Japanese naval force, led by professionally trained officers and disregarding ...

in the hands of local government: the municipal councils or ethnic governments such as—in the district of Judea and Jerusalem—the Sanhedrin and ...

a number of other aristocratic administrative councils. Due to his prominence in the pre-revolutionary government in France, he was beheaded at ...

elected to office and to aspire to service in the councils of national power." ==Notes== ==References== * Escott, Paul D. Military Necessity: ...

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. ...

was rejected as heresy by the Ecumenical Councils, although it is still prevalent ... personae, considerably influenced the Councils of Nicea (325) and of Constantinople ...

local sanhedrins sometimes functioned as town councils, in addition to the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. The parties of the Pharisees and Sadducees ...

The regions are divided into 27 neighborhood councils. Local communities are administered by village or city councils. ==Economy== ...

the sultan is assisted and advised by five councils, which he appoints. The sultan presides over a nine-member Council of Ministers, or cabinet, ...

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 ...

began electing worker and soldier councils modeled after the soviets ... In contrast to Russia one year earlier, the councils were not controlled ...

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 ...

were used to hold family or tribal councils, weddings and adat ceremonies, and meetings to choose a successor when a tribal leader died. ...

resembling the county and parish councils in England, and placed the autonomous administration of the peasant communes under the supervision ...

Councils of elderly men and/or representatives of kin groups control the villages and direct village activities through the elected “pulenuku” ...

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. ...

where, under their supervision, five royal councils and 34 civilian representatives produced a codex of laws and edicts as the legal groundwork for ...

attempts to make regular meetings of councils a permanent feature of church governance. Thus, the Great Western Schism, which, on the grounds ...

of voluntary associations, workers' councils, and a gift economy from ... in Argentina and the Zapatista councils in Mexico to be anarcho ...

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 ...

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 ...

to their sheik. He is to hold frequent and open councils, allowing fellow tribesmen to voice their opinions. Rapid modernization, enormous strides in ...

rulers of States and their people to the councils of the Constituent Assembly ... That created the Bodoland Territorial Councils, which granted autonomy ...

existing administrative bodies and Revolutionary Councils #Support for artisans and retail trade #Development of Hungarian culture in the spirit ...

office of presidency, parliament, and in town councils are all held every four years, staggered. Elections were last held in 2004 (presidency), 2003 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

formerly Association of Canadian Underwater Councils)--originated in Canada in 1969 and expanded internationally in 1984--certifications recognized worldwide. ...

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 ...

slowly over several centuries. Formal councils and declarations were also involved, however. In the first three centuries of the Christian church ...

papal infallibility in favor of ecumenical councils, but rejected the Council of Trent (1545-63), which was organized under the auspices of Rome in ...

of Parliament and the presidents of Regional Councils. The president serves a five-year term. The president may be removed by the electoral college ...

of the peace decreed by popes or councils). A period of relaxation ensued during the fourteenth century owing to the general decline of Christian ...

and now by their successors, Sector Skills Councils, state-sponsored but supposedly "employer-led" bodies responsible for defining training ...

"Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit is the word "Yavana" ...

In the past, the election of municipality councils occurred once every three years, but it now takes place every four years. The council elects ...

resulted in the 1920 establishment of two advisory councils representing Africans and Europeans. Proclamations in 1934 regularized tribal rule and powers ...

attempts of Conciliarism, the belief that general councils of the church collectively were God's representative on earth, rather than the pope. Firmly ...

rulers' powers were checked by councils. Secret societies, notably ... electing 456 councilors sitting in 19 local councils. ==Administrative ...

or hoogheemraadschappen ("high home councils") were established ... by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms) and ...

matters, was controlled by monarchs (Obas) and councils of nobles, guildleaders, and merchants, commonly known as Ẹgbẹ in Yoruba. ...

had not yet been formulated by intervening councils, and thus Origen's discussion of the matters was not guided by what would become accepted ...

five regional synhedria (Sanhedrins, or councils) to regulate the internal affairs of the Jews, while the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem interpreted ...

the councils were under the influence of Augustine of Hippo, who regarded ... seen as following Augustine's Carthaginian Councils ...

against heresy became more frequent. Church Councils, composed of bishops and archbishops, were charged with establishing inquisitions. ...

* Introduced the sovnarkhozes, (Councils of People's Economy), regional organizations in an attempt to combat the centralization and departmentalism ...

of the Bible, creeds and the great councils of the early church, while some reformers wanted to replace creeds and tradition with the Bible. ...

The Hetmanate was led by the Hetman, his cabinet, and two councils, the General Council and the Council of Officers. The hetman was initially ...

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 ...

and the two People's Representative Councils. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. [[Image:Borneo(E),Sulawesi ...

some responsibility for the catastrophe to the councils (Judenräte), who complied with the German authorities. It inspired a number of historical ...

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 ...

The city was ruled by aristocracy that formed two city councils and maintained a strict system of social classes. A medical service was introduced ...

peace, and bread!" Soviets were councils assembled locally within a city with delegates elected from the workers of the various factories ...

force to the canons of the four ecumenical councils (Novellae, cxxxi.). The bishops in attendance at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 recognized ...

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 ...

to the Ojibwa at the time of the treaty councils. Consequently, legal arguments ... areas. Some Minnesota Ojibwa tribal councils cooperate in the 1854 Treaty ...

Traditionally, law making and political control belonged to councils ... the basic units of Avar society, with councils of elders and village courts ...

"a familiar and respected figure of the councils of the United Nations, the Commonwealth and of the Third World" 1977. Archbishop Makarios ...

his scheme for the creation of National Councils in England, Scotland and ... #039;s renewed scheme for National Councils was not discussed in Cabinet ...

parishes are administered by popularly elected councils, and the remaining parishes are administered by elected commissions. The local government ...

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 ...

chief appointed by the governor. District councils, elected to four-year terms ... budget. The last elections for local councils in Bangkok were held on ...

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 ...

Eusebius of Caesarea. Emperors chaired church councils, and their will was decisive in appointing of patriarchs and deciding the territory they would ...

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 ...

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 ...

bodies such as city and regional councils have their own emergency management agencies to control localized states of emergency, but these all ...

in the Church, during the Great Schism; in the councils, in dealing with heresies and deplorable divisions; in the State, during national crises; and ...

enslave the individual. Green observed that local councils and municipal authorities tended to produce measures that were more imaginative and better ...

removed the Exchequer and the custody of royal councils and ministerial appointments from the king's remit. Similar restrictions would be placed ...

Encyclopedia of Religion. (New York: Macmillan, sv "Councils, Buddhist". on ola (palm) leaves. A. K. Warder. Indian Buddhism, 3rd ed ...

17 city districts represented by City District Councils. == Economy == [[Image:Zrtava fasizma.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Trg Žrtava Fašizma (Victims ...

received its own executive and legislative councils in 1901 and gradually progressed toward self-government. A 1906 ordinance abolished slavery. ...

National Convention, as well as by département councils throughout the country. Many of the acts of dechristianization in 1793 were motivated by the ...

the rulings of the Ecumenical councils, and the writings of the Church Fathers. From the consensus of the Fathers (consensus patrum), one may ...

#039;s 1961 farewell address: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought ...

Jews of many of their civil rights, and church councils throughout the sixth and seventh century further enforced anti-Jewish provisions. ...

defined and agreed upon by the early ecumenical councils. Historically, it was not formulated with that same level of precision, thus having many differing ...

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 ...

bases: the king; the temple and its priests; and councils of elders. Byblos soon became the predominant center from where they proceeded to dominate ...

during which the guilds dissolved town councils and detained patricians in an attempt to increase their influence. The guild was at the center ...

Bible contains all Christian teaching, thus the councils and the creeds are not binding. After the seventeenth century, many Hussites joined other ...

by the Apostle Paul and some church councils. Circumcision is common in the Middle East, North America (U.S. and Canada), Australia, and parts ...

Elected district councils coordinate elected town and village councils and mayors who administer local government. The constitution guarantees ...

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 ...

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 ...

appeals from other city dumas and zemstvo councils followed. ... and more authority local municipal councils, insurance for industrial ...

# Local industries and councils were supportive # Some Government finance was provided and because of sharing work, the cost per organization ...

increase local authority. In 2007, there were 114 councils operating in 99 districts; 22 are urban and 92 are rural. == Geography == ...

The archbishop held ecclesiastical councils, including one at York in 1195 which legislated that the clergy should collect their tithes in full ...

da Cunha preside over these two areas' Island Councils. See Constitution section below. {| class="wikitable sortable" ...

both a city and a province. There are two joint councils upon which city and provincial authorities meet. One embraces municipal and provincial leaders ...

The Maurya Empire (322 – 185 B.C.E.), ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was a geographically extensive and powerful political and military empire ...

were added. Under each town there are union councils, each of which consists of numerous areas. == Economy == Pakistan, an impoverished and underdeveloped ...

areas (LGAs). These areas have elected councils which are responsible for ... [[Image:Sydney councils.png|right|thumb|Sydney's political sub ...

Glendale, California, and Burbank, California city councils voted unanimously to approve it. Pasadena, California followed on December 10. A rededication ...

and that institutions would be run by elected councils composed of staff and students. His ideas were vigorously opposed by academics. ...

Bucharest's sectorial councils, the general council, and the mayors, are elected every four years by popular vote. Additionally, Bucharest ...

ix.viii.v.html The Seven Ecumenical Councils: The Fourth Canon of the First Council of Constantinople.] Christian Classics Ethereal Library. ...

Decisions of Catholic Church councils against the Cathars at this period—in particular, those of the Council of Tours (1163) and of the Third ...

land and industry, and set up councils parallel to the paralyzed Republican government. This revolution was opposed by both the Soviet-supported ...

A system of elected village councils, known as Panchayati Raj covers almost all states and territories of India.{{cite web | url = http://www ...

central government. Rates are collected by local councils, but the moneys collected are distributed nationally according to population. ...

workers' and soldiers' councils known as "Soviets" (Совет, council) and not to the ultimate power which was to be held ...

coverage of all areas of the province. County councils were abolished with the rural areas coming under direct provincial jurisdiction. The 1969 Official ...

authority and is assisted by two councils — the General Council (made up of men) and the Central Advisory (made up of women). Dennis Dubro, ...

Manichaeism was attacked by imperial edicts, church councils, and polemical writings by critics such as Augustine, but the religion remained ...

in the White Citizens' Councils, and the violent tactics of the Ku Klux Klan and its sympathizers, gained Mississippi a reputation in the ...

enduring schism and a series of ambitious councils followed. ... The fifteenth-century councils did little for reform, and the popes ...

through communes or workers' elected councils. *Common property: ... hold political power through local councils known as soviets (see soviet ...

of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. In November 1989, central government restructured local authorities throughout the country ...

micro-manager, presided over specialized councils for state affairs, finance, war, and the Spanish Inquisition. A distrustful sovereign, Philip ...

viceroy, and the establishment of provincial councils with Indian members. The councilors' participation was subsequently widened in legislative ...

housing. The 1924 Housing Act required local councils to build social housing (known as Council Housing) for affordable rent. MacDonald's recognition ...

largely consultative mayors and municipal councils are elected. There was a unicameral legislative body, the Chamber of Deputies, which had 182 ...

The commissions serve as local councils, and their suggestions are required to be given "great weight" by the D.C. Council. However ...

fudai circles, which opposed opening bakufu councils to tozama daimyo, and he was replaced in 1855 as chairman of the senior councilors by Hotta Masayoshi ...

of the absolute necessity of uniting all our councils and all our strength, to maintain and defend our common liberties…[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi ...

and increased the terms of mayors and city councils from 30 months to four years. ;Executive branch The president and vice president are directly ...

a new form of government based on workers' councils, or "soviets" elected and revocable at all moments by the workers who were in turn ...

quot; were initially refused by local councils, compared with a national average of 20 percent for other applicants, disproving claims of preferential ...

Members of both councils are elected by the National Assembly of People’s ... generally constitute at least half of the Councils of state and the National ...

The local councils in Kyiv, Lviv, Kamil Tchorek, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629121745/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article395652 ...

local administration by forming town councils in Mattancherry and Ernakulam. In 1925, public pressure on the state encouraged the constitution ...

and some two hundred and fifty members of the two councils of the legislature were enrolled as members, including many notable ex-Jacobins. It published ...

of decentralized workers' councils as those seen in the Commune). The Paris Commune has been the subject of awe for many communist leaders ...

*In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial ...

in 1986. The 33 local authorities are the councils of the 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They are responsible for local ...

evidence suggests that some village councils organized schools to teach the basics of reading and writing to children, although evidence of systematic ...

body while giving extended powers to regional councils. Some said this referendum was a self-conscious political suicide committed by de Gaulle after ...

since been undertaken, including local school councils, charter schools, and efforts to end social promotion. The most notable and public of these ...

creating new institutions such as Regional Councils and strengthening the various "training institutes." Universal House of Justice, [http://bahai ...

were performed, guests received and village councils held. Sometimes the communal house took the imposing form of a rong house, characterized by a ...

have their own elected mayors and councils. ===Enclaves and exclaves=== An “enclave” is a country or part of a country mostly surrounded ...

by a set of customary laws legislated by elected councils of elders. An Ottoman invading force under Suleiman I conquered Massawa in 1557, building ...

Orléans ducal family, excluded her from war councils and failed to inform her when the army engaged the enemy. She burst into the meetings where she ...

At the local level there are 11 district councils, created in 2015 ... by Protestant-dominated local councils led to protests during the ...

into 178 localities governed by elected union councils (UC's), which are the core element of the local government system. Each UC is a body of ...

quot;|Chronological list of Ecumenical councils |} The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (popularly known as Vatican II) was the twenty ...

were many disturbances and in most cities the councils turned orangist. On July 4 the States of Holland appointed William stadtholder; on July 9 he ...

govern the larger suburbs, while town councils called panchayats govern the smaller ones. While the city covers an area of 174 km_ (67 mi_ ...

AMIEU established closed shops and workers councils and effectively regulated management behavior towards the end of the 1910s. [[Image:IWW anti ...

In the first of a string of rather poorly reported Councils at Carthage a few years later, no fewer than seventy bishops attended. Tertullian ...

city and district courts, and conciliation councils. Judges attached to regular courts are appointed by the King in council. In order to form ...

#039;s Education Act which provided that County Councils would fund church schools helped reunite the Liberals, his successful amendment that the County ...

saw a net gain of 536 councillors and 22 councils, becoming the largest party ... 2023-tories-lose-control-of-three-councils-as-labour-gains-key-authority ...

as James was in Scotland at the time. Accession Councils, rather than new Sovereigns, continue to issue proclamations in modern practice. ...

of a senate of 100 seats. Regional governing councils elect 84 members to serve five-year terms, and the president appoints 16. The legislative ...

The General meets more regularly with smaller councils composed of just the provincials. == Habit and Dress == Jesuits do not have an official ...

deprived her of the lead in the councils of Europe which she had hitherto arrogated to herself, and so affected the whole course of continental ...

Palike, with the neighboring seven City Municipal Councils (CMC), one Town Municipal Council and 110 villages around Bangalore. A city council ...

City and village councils are elected by public vote to four-year terms. Councils elect mayors, supervise municipalities, and implement social ...

of these regional relations. Joint Ministerial Councils have been set up between Sudan and Ethiopia and Sudan and Egypt. Relations with Uganda are generally ...

of the Scouting movement, such that local Scout councils in Arizona and New York have been named for him. On January 6, 1919, at the age of 60 ...

in spite of his efforts, Pompey found their inner councils were closed to him. His settlements in the East were not promptly confirmed. The public lands ...

zemstva (local government organs) and municipal councils under the presidency of Witte. On March 3 the Tsar condemned the revolutionaries. The government ...

reversing a policy for regional councils created in 1957. However, individual plant directors gained more power to set policy. The plan implemented ...

and Legislative Council, and the elected town councils of Port of Spain and San Fernando. As English replaced patois (Creole French) as the dominant ...

comprise blocks containing panchayats (village councils) and town municipalities. Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Mysore, Gulbarga, Belgaum and Mangalore ...

Some city councils have denied permits to developers who planned to include a Wal-Mart store in their projects. Those who defend Wal-Mart cite ...

from the Poor Law boards of guardians to local councils, introduced a single basis and method of assessment for evaluating rates, and enacted a process ...

to end the separate Turkish Cypriot municipal councils permitted by the British in 1958, but made subject to review under the 1960 agreements. For many ...

authors were linked to the Patriotic Action Councils (Juntas de Acção Patriótica--JAP), supporters of Humberto Delgado, and responsible for the attack ...

quot; system of panchayats (councils) which the king considered to be closer to Nepalese traditions. As a pyramidal structure progressing from ...

Jews of many of their civil rights, and Church councils throughout the sixth and seventh century further enforced anti-Jewish provisions. ...

fully explained to the Indians and that further councils would be needed. Although Bradstreet had successfully reinforced and reoccupied British forts ...

channel for foreign influence on the national councils.[https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/text-61-70 "Federalist Papers, Nos. 61-70," ...

seized control and dispersed the legislative councils, leaving a rump to name Bonaparte, Sieyès, and Ducos as provisional Consuls to administer the ...

protests, strike organizations, and the street councils formed by workers and soldiers after the revolution, all of which served to undermine the authority ...

selected as a delegate to the German workers' councils. Along with all other envoys, he was arrested by German soldiers in Kaunas, and sent to Minsk ...

a resolution to the Schism. Traditionally, councils needed to be called by the Pope, and none of the contenders were willing to call a council ...

the first of the Greeks' local governing councils, held its first session at Kalamata. In Achaia, the town of Kalavryta was besieged on ...

network of voluntary associations, workers' councils and worker cooperatives, with production and consumption based on the guiding principle "From ...

crusone.i0022.pdf "The Councils of Piacenza and Clermont,"] in K. Setton, A History of the Crusades: Volume I (Madison, WI: University ...

towns. Communes and towns have their own local councils and are headed by a mayor (primar). Larger and more urbanized towns gain the status of municipality ...

the Russian Revolution of 1905. Soviets (councils of workers) appeared in ... level Communist Party branch, trade union councils, Academy of Sciences, and ...

is officially guaranteed. Local councils and city mayors are popularly elected and exercise control over local budgets. The heads of regional ...

offices with elected leaders and local councils, which share responsibilities with the county. Some divisions are indigenous divisions which ...

military. Nationalist groups organized national councils. The Southern Slavs, meeting in October 1918, advocated union with Serbia, while Czechs proclaimed ...

Hence it was rejected as heresy by the Ecumenical Councils, although it is still found among certain Pentecostal denominations. A second approach, Dynamic ...

groups. Throughout the German states, city councils, liberal parliamentary members who favored a unified state, and chambers of commerce—which would ...

members of Ireland's 29 County Borough Councils. Suffrage is universal to those aged 18 years and over. The judiciary consists of the Supreme ...

his plan, Plan 32, with the office building and councils and General Assembly in separate buildings. After much discussion, the Committee chose Niemeyer ...

At the same time, revolutionary workers' councils and local national committees were formed all over Hungary. Nagy announced that the one-party ...

absolute state structure early, with a number of councils to advise him and to carry out his instructions. He gave the potentially dangerous nobility ...