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
Dominated by their magisterial primate, Bogot�'s Lu�s Cardinal Concha C�rdoba, 75, the Colombian bishops have been slow to implement conciliar reforms.
From Time Magazine Archive
For one thing, many members of the still-powerful Roman Curia, and conservative prelates in such countries as Ireland, Spain and Italy, are likely to give only lip service to conciliar decrees.
From Time Magazine Archive
It must be borne in mind that the Canon of the New Testament was not made the subject of any conciliar decree till the latter half of the fourth century.
From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
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