oecumenical
Britishadjective
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The powers which the pope as bishop of the church in Rome had exercised over its synods he now extended to the oecumenical councils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The council of Pisa in 1409: it is not reverenced as an oecumenical one; it nevertheless, in deposing.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
The Council of Trent was the 18th oecumenical council of the Church, assembled at Trent, a town in the Austrian Tyrol, and sat, with certain interruptions, from December 13, 1545, until December 4, 1563.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
Before the form of the provincial synod had become absolutely fixed, there arose in the 4th century the oecumenical council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Council of the Lateran, 11th oecumenical, in 1179.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
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