oecumenical
Britishadjective
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The university library is very rich, and contains the original MSS. of the acts of the great oecumenical council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
As neither the pope in Rome nor his rival in Avignon would give way, recourse was had to the idea that the supreme power was vested not in the pope but in the oecumenical council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The earlier oecumenical councils have well been called “the pitched battles of church history.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The subsequent oecumenical synods of the undivided Church were patterned on that of Nicaea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The council of Basle in 1431: theologians declare it oecumenical to its twenty-fifth session only; it held forty-five.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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