conciliar
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After the conclusion of the Great Schism, some attempts were made to resolve such doubts and misgivings by granting more authority to councils of clergy rather than popes through the conciliar movement.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
As a peritus during the Vatican Council, Baum was responsible for much of the language of Nostra aetate, a conciliar declaration meant to reset relations between Catholics, Jews, and other religious groups.
From Time ● Oct. 30, 2017
During the exciting conciliar years 1962-65, Catholic publishing enjoyed a remarkable boom that inspired what Cross Currents Editor Joseph Cunneen calls "unreal expectations."
From Time Magazine Archive
For many Catholic progressives, the conciliar decrees were just a starting point.
From Time Magazine Archive
Guidi's speech still occupies men's minds, and forms the topic of conversation in conciliar circles.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
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