Synods in a sentence

Granting lay people the same right to vote as bishops undermines the hierarchical structure of the Church and resembles more the norms of synods of the Anglican and other Protestant communities, where clergy and laity are given equal voting rights.

It took another half century of theological wrangling, rival synods, imprisonments, excommunications, and finally another council in 381 (Constantinople I) to define the nature of the Trinity and the final form of the creed.

And O’Hanlon doesn’t just mean Synods of Bishops gathering in Rome.

In an attempt to provide historical context, Ivereigh said the two synods aimed to reckon with a pastoral reality in response to the social shift over divorce.

According to Eusebius, a number of synods were convened to deal with the controversy, which he regarded as all ruling in support of Easter on Sunday.

Additionally, the Ottonians were active in the establishment of Church affairs, but Conrad was uninterested, only calling five synods during his reign and usually only to restore peace.

Administratively, these bishops and their territories are organized into various autocephalous groups or synods of bishops who gather together at least twice a year to discuss the state of affairs within their respective sees.

After nine years of debate, in 1565, the anti-Trinitarians were excluded from the existing synod of the Polish Reformed Church (henceforth the Ecclesia maior) and they began to hold their own synods as the Ecclesia minor.

An ongoing current debate in the denomination is over the purpose, function, and need for synods.

As Archbishop of Toledo he held two reform synods; one at Toledo in May 1339, the other at Alcalá in April 1347.

As with the moderators of synods and assemblies, the moderatorship is a primus inter pares position appointed by the presbytery itself.

Both the man and his teaching, including the term homoousios, had been condemned by the Synods of Antioch in 269. Hence, after Constantine's death in 337, open dispute resumed again.

Called variously "synods," "councils," or "conventions," they meet under episcopal chairmanship.

Canons consist of doctrinal statements and disciplinary measures – most Church councils and local synods dealt with immediate disciplinary concerns as well as major difficulties of doctrine.

Church councils were traditional and the ecumenical councils were a continuation of earlier councils (also known as synods ) held in the Empire before Christianity was made legal.

During the pontificate of Paul VI, five such synods took place, and he is on record of implementing all their decisions.

Following canonical precepts, some adherents of the Old Calendar have chosen to abstain from clerical intercommunion with those synods which have embraced the New Calendar until the conflict is resolved.

From the 4th century to the 16th century about thirty synods were held at Toledo.

Groups of local churches are governed by a higher assembly of elders known as the presbytery or classis; presbyteries can be grouped into a synod, and Presbyteries, along with synods nationwide often join together in a general assembly.

He granted it religious freedom; consequently Catholic synods were once more held in North Africa.