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
For many Catholic progressives, the conciliar decrees were just a starting point.
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 was only a few years after this instance of conciliar jurisdiction that a much more important case was turned over to the clergy.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein
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