How To Use Synod In A Sentence

Will this issue be dealt with at the next synod of bishops? Times, Sunday Times
It is expected that the consistory will influence the agenda for next October's synod of bishops in Rome.
The vote is likely to be postponed to a specially convened synod in November. Times, Sunday Times
We've had our reports, commissions, conferences, seminars, missions, synodical reviews, liturgical reforms - the lot.
(obshejitel'nyie) or idiorhythmic (neobshejitel'nyie); but these latter are not n favour with the Holy Synod which restores the coenobic rule wherever possible. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

1259: Synod of the archdiocese in Mainz ordered Jews to wear yellow badges. Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose?
And synod should next week undo the damage that its previous vote caused. Times, Sunday Times
While clergy and lay members of the national church voted to hand the question of blessing same sex relationships to a theological committee, the Diocese of Toronto is set to debate the matter at its diocesan synod this fall.
The activities at parish, classical, and provincial level would be co-ordinated by a national synod and by Parliament.
The more likely scenario, however, is that the unamended legislation will continue its passage through the synod. Times, Sunday Times
The patriarchate of Moscow was abolished by Peter the Great in 1721 and replaced by a Holy Synod of bishops which was controlled by a lay official, the chief procurator.
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
In this synod was Stigand the archbishop of Canturburie depriued of his bishoprike, for three speciall causes. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
The 1614 Synod was significant for another reason in that it upheld the view by then traditional in Catholic theology, that treasonable activity against the state was inadmissible for Catholics.
precisian" zealots held, by the governor-general's permission and under his protection, a synod at Dort, June, 1586, and endeavoured to organise the Reformed Church in accordance with their strict principles of exclusiveness. History of Holland
His synod was also the site of a church's unsanctioned ordination of an openly gay pastor earlier this year.
The moon appears to go from one full moon to the next over a period of 29.53 days, known as a "synodic month. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
In the synods held under St. Cyprian, to deal with the lapsed, and in the synod of 256, which considered the question of re-baptism, there were present not only the bishops, but many priests and deacons, and even a very large representation of the laity. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Does this and the preceding section refer also to non-Lutheran movements, organizations, and bodies, such as the Federal Council, of which the General Synod was a member? American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
Their churches were supplied by able pastors; their univer - sities were adorned with learned and pious professors, such as Casaubon, Daiile, and others, whose praises are in all the reformed churches; their provincial, and national synods were regularly convened, and their people were well governed. Sermons translated from the original French of the late Rev. James Saurin, pastor of the French church at the Hague
Synod members were under pressure to crack down on gay clergy, who were portrayed as leading lives of wild abandon!
It was the minority view that the appeal to the fifth commandment instead of to Chapter 31 of the Westminster Confession (which defines and limits the powers of synods and councils) was incorrect.
And it was heartening to see Synod commended this pragmatic approach. Times, Sunday Times
a diocese, which are called diocesan synods rather than councils. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
And before they vote at church synods on such issues as allowing divorcees to remarry at Anglican altars they must have watched it for six months, he declares.
We pray for the general synod as it meets shortly, for wise decisions and clear leadership.
Establish a policy for synodical oversight of ELCA ministry rosters.
Secondly, Here were proper members of a synod convened to consider of this question, viz. the officers and delegates of divers presbyterial churches: of the presbyterial church at Jerusalem, the apostles and elders, Acts xv. 6: of the presbyterial church at Antioch, Paul, The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
Before deciding to accept, he conferred with his synod council.
Whereas the synodic period is 29.53 days, it takes 27.5 days for the moon to move in its elliptical orbit from perigee to perigee.
And it was heartening to see Synod commended this pragmatic approach. Times, Sunday Times
There are some twenty-eight of these churches, and they appoint their own bishops by synodical processes, and seek confirmation of the election from the Bishop of Rome. Archive 2009-02-01
Anyone who has been at a bad-tempered church council meeting or synod will know what it can be at its worst. Times, Sunday Times
As well as a variety of service activities, Pavia also included dwellings to accommodate the representatives of the various bishoprics and monasteries during convocations of the kingdom's assemblies and synods.
And synod should next week undo the damage that its previous vote caused. Times, Sunday Times
The Orthodox Church is headed by a patriarch, presiding over the Holy Synod, with a hierarchy of regional archbishops, bishops, and priests.
It seems that this "Radio Silence" may be just a symptom of the synodical leadership's plan to transition the LCMS into a "market-driven" church rather than a confessional one. Program's End Provokes Differing Views on Lutherans' Direction
Nonetheless, in 1910 the synod of the diocese reaffirmed their commitment to completing St. Alban's.
Christian Catholic National Church is administered by a national synod which meets annually; besides the Old Catholic priests and the bishop its membership includes delegates elected by the parishes. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
A petition from the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, requesting that the Presbytery of Alabama should be put under their care, instead of being attached to the Synod of Tennessee, was overtured, and being read, was com - mitted to Drs. Richards and Cathcart, and Messrs. Reuben Smith, Keep and Hodge. Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
The things to be balanced I guess are, the Primates are in some sense people well equipped to speak for the wholeness of their particular region or local church, at the same time there's a sense that all of our Anglican communities are also synodical bodies in which the senior bishop is not the only voice. Final press conference at the Lambeth Conference
According to this doctrine each planet depending on its synodic period (but the Metonic cycle for the Sun, the Egyptian lunar period for the Moon), governs a specific fraction of the native's life, or a specific number of months; then each period is divided into subperiods according to the same proportions, and each subperiod may be further subdivided ad infinitum. ASTROLOGY
Lequien (II, 621) mentions six bishops of Cyrene, and according to Byzantine legend the first was St. Lucius (Acts, xiii, 1); St. Theodorus suffered martyrdom under Diocletian; about 370 Philo dared to consecrate by himself a bishop for Hydra, and was succeeded by his own nephew, Philo; Rufus sided with Dioscorus at the Robber Synod (Latrocinium) of Ephesus in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
And synod should next week undo the damage that its previous vote caused. Times, Sunday Times
Dei sancto nomine, suae auctoritatis ex verbo Dei probe conscia, omnium legitimarum tum veterum tum recentium Synodorum vestigiis insistens, et illustrissimorum DD. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
The support for use of the original rhythmic forms of the chorale melodies actually cut across synodical lines and was the overwhelming, although not always the unanimous, choice of the music committee.
He made regular provincial visitations and held frequent synods.
Anyone who has been at a bad-tempered church council meeting or synod will know what it can be at its worst. Times, Sunday Times
Without joint synodical consideration, individual churches would decide for themselves in such a case what is appropriate or not.
They took advantage of a general permission granted them by Henry, and met, not in synod, but in general assembly, at the town of Sainte Foy, in the month of June, 1594. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
Suppression of the movement in Bulgaria intensified after a 1211 synod condemned the heresy.
Purely spiritual episcopacy, synodical government, and the sending of missionary bishops lead North American contributions to Anglican life.
There must have been danger of serious abuses in this regard during that century, because a similar step was taken in a synod held at Aix-la-Chapelle in 789. Proper Names of the Angels
Such were, apparently, the synods held in Asia Minor at Iconium and Synnada in the third century, concerning the re-baptism of heretics; such were, certainly, the councils held later in the northern part of Latin The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
More than one third of local synodical assemblies passed resolutions supporting a favorable change in policy.
Robber Synod of 449 (Latrocinium Ephesinum), the Synod of Pisa in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
Papal policy might also be conveyed via bishops who visited Rome to attend synods or, in the case of metropolitans, to collect their pallium, the stole that signified their authority.
Resolutions formulated by a committee, of which Dr. Alleman of the General Synod was a member, were unanimously adopted according to which members of one congregation may be received by another in a manner 'that no question of church-polity or doctrine need ever arise.' American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
That many of these localities were the sites of regal residences may be inferred from historical evidence which records them as selected for synods, councils, and witenagemots.
But, neither their successful reinstatement of the Patriarchal office nor the restoration of the ecclesiastical character of the Synod proved lasting.
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
For a time the patriarch refused to take the matter so seriously; eventually, since the quarrel became more and more bitter, in 1341 the first synod of the Hesychast question was summoned at Constantinople. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
A ukase in 1763 limited the composition of the Synod to three archbishops, two archimandrites, and one archpriest.
It is only to such an assembly that it is lawful to apply the term sancta synodus (see GENERAL COUNCILS). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
The moon revolves around Earth once with respect to the sun in about 29 1/2 days, a period known as a synodic month. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
The patriarchate of Moscow was abolished by Peter the Great in 1721 and replaced by a Holy Synod of bishops which was controlled by a lay official, the chief procurator.
It had to develop the machinery of synodical self-government.
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
At the Council of Hatfield the Anglo-Saxon Church formally recognized the binding authority of the five general councils already held, and rejected Monotheletism in accord with the Roman synod A. A Source Book for Ancient Church History
We in Niagara have taken a slightly different approach and under the leadership of the Bishops Asbil, Spence and Bird and the support of Synod Councils over the years, we have been closing and amalgamating parishes at a pace that makes us the Canadian leaders in restructuring for mission in a changing context. The Diocese of Niagara has something to be proud of « Anglican Samizdat
For others such as Kat Campion-Spall – a 33-year-old ordinand who will be priested this September and who has argued for the Code of Practice at Synod – the issue is one of the church's credibility. Should women ever be bishops?
And she has lived and waxed stronger and stronger, and the General Synod has been a mighty agent in sustaining and extending her beneficent work, and is destined to see a future which shall eclipse all her glory in the past. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
He allowed that others had proposed the Roman synod and the revision of the Code of Canon Law.
It is due to return to the synod in 2012 when it will need a two-thirds majority from the three houses. Times, Sunday Times
At the synod a catalogue of John's crimes was presented, ranging from rape to sacrilege.
Synod councils can send recommendations to the Church Council before its April meeting.
The Council of the African Synod is a grouping of bishops from 16 African nations.
The vote came five years after the synod called for draft legislation to introduce women priests.
He pressed the emperor to call Theophilus to a legal synod: but that obstinate persecutor alleged that he could not return without danger of his life. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
That portion of the Presbyterian church called New School, considering this act unjust, refused to assent to it, joined the exscinded synods, and formed themselves into the New School General Assembly. Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II
The synod, like a general council, however, would have no authority over the pope and no right to reverse his decisions.
Henry might call a Gallican synod, instead of allowing the French ecclesiastics to attend, unless the Lutherans were also represented. England under the Tudors
Nonetheless, in 1910 the synod of the diocese reaffirmed their commitment to completing St. Alban's.
Suppression of the movement in Bulgaria intensified after a 1211 synod condemned the heresy.
He predicted that the proposals would be strongly opposed in the general synod. Christianity Today
Throughout its history, however, all branches of the Christian church have summoned more local councils, synods, and assemblies, to debate and to rule on matters of current concern.
The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway has been voted in as the new Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church by the Episcopal Synod earlier in the week.
She supported synods that reformed abuses that were so prevalent at the time, such as simony and usury. Catholic Exchange
a teaching presbyter, and consisting in her judicative capacity of kirk-sessions, in subordination to presbyteries; of presbyteries, in subordination to provincial synods; of provincial synods, in subordination to national; and national to ecumenical assemblies, or general councils. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive
He recognized the need for decentralized administration in the dual-titled diocese and was instrumental in gaining the approval of the diocesan synod in 1884 for two archidiaconal councils, a step towards the establishment of a separate coastal diocese thirty years later.
One was a special consistory, or gathering of cardinals, in May 2001 in Rome; the second was a synod, or meeting of almost 300 bishops from all over the world, in September 2001.
The synod is composed of the patriarch, metropolitans, provincial bishops, as well as the titular bishops and archimandrites appointed by the patriarch.
Still, sensing the uncanonical nature of this church, the Council of American Bishops meeting in Pittsburgh in 1936 recognized the Synod of Bishops.
And how does an episcopal “pastoral” introduction of blessings honour the moratorium better than a synodical legislation thereof? Weasel Words from Colin Johnson, Bishop of Toronto « Anglican Samizdat
Josaphat Kunsevich, who was born in 1580 or 1584, was still a young boy when the Synod of Brest Litovsk took place in 1595-96, but he was witness to the results, both positive and negative. Catholic Exchange
New Brunswick found itself exscinded by this short and easy process of discipline; the presbytery of New York joined with it in organizing a new synod, and the schism was complete. A History of American Christianity
One of the more depressing aspects of this is the "news management" of the story by the BBC, who delightedly showed the Blairesque General Synod Claque (with a few principled dissentients) applauding this loose-tongued Archbishop. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
After losing all the inhabitants during the ice storm, I repopulated it with an African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) and a pair of upside-down cats (Synodontis nigriventis). Transporter n
And they're visible most particularly in two aspects of church life: one is the powerfully strong commitment to synodical government, the participation of all members of the body of Christ in its decision-making; and the other is in the really remarkable embrace of indigenous culture that characterised Selwyn's mission and was echoed in the sacrificial work of John Coleridge Patteson, a martyr of Melanesia. Archbishop Celebrates Selwyn College's 125th Anniversary
In short, there is a real-life mystery about what transpired at the Synod of Whitby; the full truth still needs to be teased out from the various clues through the eons.
Ending ‘selective togetherness’ will cause even greater things to begin happening at the congregational, synodical and churchwide levels that will extend into the world.
The whole party, however, and a more amiable never existed, were scared and disgusted into this by the catachrestic language and skeleton half-truths of the systematic divines of the Synod of Dort on the one hand, and by the sickly broodings of the Pietists and Solomon's-Song preachers on the other. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The theme of her remarks as she opened the new synod concerned the challenges of staying true to unchanging verities in a world of constant change and new challenges.
We indeed willingly concede, if any discussion arises over doctrine, that the best and surest remedy is for a synod of true bishops to be convened, where the doctrine at issue may be examined.
The General Synod accused broadcasters of dumbing down religious programmes.
The church of Ireland still has one all-island synod, the presbyterians a single general assembly, the methodists one conference.
It is a mark of the esteem in which William Guthrie was held that, at the meeting of their Western Synod, in 1654 the Remonstrants chose William Guthrie for their Moderator.
Scheiner spoke of the _apparent_ or "synodical" period, which is about one and a third days longer than the _true_ or "sidereal" one. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
The vote is likely to be postponed to a specially convened synod in November. Times, Sunday Times
Around 70% of the church's 250-strong synod, or church board, voted to back the move, making it one of few global churches to allow gay marriage.
With such a positive approach general synod would begin to look credible. Times, Sunday Times
He allowed that others had proposed the Roman synod and the revision of the Code of Canon Law.
This practicum, which is being offered for the third consecutive summer, is held in conjunction with the Orthodox Church in America's Diaconal Vocations Program and is highly recommended for participants in the Church's program by the Holy Synod. News from SVOTS.Edu
The bishops of Kildare were frequently called abbot-bishops and bishops of Leinster down to the Synod of Kells. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
Some fishes are exclusively carnivorous, as the cartilaginous genus, the conger, the channa or Serranus, the tunny, the bass, the synodon or Dentex, the amia, the sea-perch, and the muraena. The History of Animals
There is, for example, a serious move by some bishops to have the June meeting consider a proposal for convening something like an extraordinary synod of American bishops.
Some of his mural paintings grace the Synod Palace in Sofia and Varna Cathedral.
The committee referred to the minutes of the assembly for 1795, for the following record, viz.: "the following request was overtured, that the Synods of Virginia and the Carolinas have liberty to direct their Presbyteries to ordain such candidates as they may judge necessary to appoint, on missions to preach the gospel; whereupon, resolved, that the above request be granted, the Synods being careful to restrict the permission to the ordination of such candidates only as are engaged to be sent on missions. Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers
The bishops met in the synods that were convoked from the second century onwards.
For all his physical, moral and intellectual strength, it was Cisco's gracious and gentle humility that left the deepest impression on me over the four decades I knew him - from his first trip to Australia after the last ground-breaking Synod of Bishops in 1971 when he stayed with the Community at the theologate in Melbourne. CathNews India
It is a rich resource for discussion and reflections in congregational, synodical, and other pedagogical institutions where faith perspectives are taken seriously into account.
Anyone who has been at a bad-tempered church council meeting or synod will know what it can be at its worst. Times, Sunday Times
In 1985, Buzz Aldrin theorized a so-called Aldrin Cycler corresponding to a single synodic period. Buzz Aldrin's Advice to Norm Augustine - NASA Watch
Christo patrem, Dominum Matthaeum Centuariensem Archiepiscopum, totius Angliae Primatem & Metropolitanum, Archiepiscopi & Episcopi utriusque Prouinciae regni Angliae, in sacra prouinciali Synodo legitime congregati, unanimi assensu recipiunt & profitentur, & ut ueros atque Orthodoxos, manuum suarum subscriptionibus approbant, uicesimo nono die mensis Ianuarij: Anno Domini,: [10280] 1 The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
The Presbytery of Orange overtured Synod for an order to ordain Mr. Joseph Caldwell, of the University; and the Synod, in consideration of the prospect of increased usefulness, authorized the ordination. Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers
While the complete workings of this ancient calendar may never be fully determined, it is clear that the textile contains three of the components suggested for the later Inka calendar: the solar, sidereal lunar, and synodic lunar cycles. Fabric of Time
He assumed that on African church affairs the African bishops could give an independent synodical judgement; but they were glad when Roman authority reinforced their verdict.
The Holy Synod urged all priests and parishioners to repent and come back to the unity of the canonic church.
We indeed willingly concede, if any discussion arises over doctrine, that the best and surest remedy is for a synod of true bishops to be convened, where the doctrine at issue may be examined.
I am receiving every single week dozens of phone calls, e-mails, from pastors of the largest Lutheran churches in ELCA," said the Rev. Walter Kallestad, senior pastor of Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Ariz., who left the synod after having been "rostered" as a minister with the ELCA for 31 years. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
The Synod will not lift a claw to defend an unblessed planet.
He opposed most vigorously, by synods and writings, the nascent heresy of Adoptionism (q.v.), one of the few The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
But synods, approaching nearer to the modern signification of a plenary council, are to be recognized in the synodical assemblies of bishops under primatial, exarchal, or patriarchal authority, recorded from the fourth and fifth centuries, and possibly earlier. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
In the development of the polity of the Church, as the first councils determined the relation of clergy to bishop, and of bishop to bishop, it became necessary to assign to a special official, in a place separate from the depository for the sacred vessels, the duty of registering ordinations, the issuing of dimissory letters, the recording of synodal and conciliar decrees, and the safe keeping of documents pertaining to the administration and temporalities of the church. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
They have called for a response from Bulgaria's orthodox church synod.
She has a two-year-old colt running today at Newbury called General Synod, the name of the notoriously heavy-going Anglican Parliament. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
The Times reviews recent highlights: UCC general minister John Thomas's Gettysburg College speech about the IRD's campaign to divide the mainline denominations; the church's pointed TV marketing campaign but fails to note that the "ejector" ad has now been rejected by Viacom and NBC Universal–owned cable networks; and the General Synod's decision to support same-sex marriage last summer. Philocrites: UCC takes 'pugnacious stance' toward Christian right.
Synod members are to be asked to vote for a move that would cut out approval from the 43 dioceses. Times, Sunday Times
He predicted that the proposals would be strongly opposed in the general synod. Christianity Today
Brunswick found itself exscinded by this short and easy process of discipline; the presbytery of New York joined with it in organizing a new synod, and the schism was complete. A History of American Christianity
There were only a few dozen synagogues and fewer rabbis, yet the synod took two decades to convene.
A synod held at Hertford in 672 established the first basic canons for Church government.
Josaphat Kunsevich, who was born in 1580 or 1584, was still a young boy when the Synod of Brest Litovsk took place in 1595-96, but he was witness to the results, both positive and negative. Catholic Exchange
This is the difference between what we call the sidereal day (the time that it takes to make one complete rotation) and the synodic day (the time that it takes to go from the Sun highest in the sky until the Sun is again at its highest in the sky). Astroprof's Page
The ancient Babylonians found that 223 synodic months, 242 nodical months, and 239 anomalistic months all contained about 6,585 1/3 days, which turns out to be just 11 days in excess of 18 years.
The closest cohesion in this will be reached through a synodical unity of spirit and a striving for consensus.
Prouinciae regni Angliae, in sacra prouinciali Synodo legitime congregati, unanimi assensu recipiunt & profitentur, & ut ueros atque The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
We now have the prospect of much wrangling in the General Synod. Times, Sunday Times
In 1985 a synod of bishops assessed the council's legacy. Times, Sunday Times
It was uncanonical due to the fact the ROCOR Synod of bishops forbad, twice, the consecration to take place, and one of the bishops was a New Calendarist.
When the four exscinded synods, three in western New York and one in A History of American Christianity
The church in the United States was directly influential upon the synodical structure of the churches in Australia, Canada and Capetown, and New Zealand.
In the same speech - given to the General Synod which is meeting in London this week - the Anglican leader also appeared to offer an apology to gay and lesbian worshippers for "ignoring their human realities". The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Sending a cash donation directly to a local church or synod may sound like a wonderful idea.
Here was an authoritative mission of delegated officers from the presbyterial church at Antioch, and from other churches of Syria and Cilicia also, ver. 23, 41, to a synodal assembly with the presbyterial church at Jerusalem. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
Christianam religionem absolutam et simplicem, anili superstitione confundens; in qua scrutanda perplexius, quam componenda gravius excitaret discidia plurima; quae progressa fusius aluit concertatione verborum, ut catervis antistium jumentis publicis ultro citroque discarrentibus, per synodos (quas appellant) dum ritum omnem ad suum sahere conantur The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
In this canon, which gives a summary of all the sacrificial effects in order, the synod emphasizes the propitiatory and impetratory nature of the sacrifice. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
He will hold an open-air mass in the capital Yaounde and he'll outline the program for a Synod on Africa to be held later this year. Our religious affairs correspondent Christopher Landau reports.
Venus thus overtakes and passes the earth once in five hundred and eighty-four days, or nearly two and a half of her own years, constituting what is called her synodic period of apparent revolution as seen from this globe. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
The London diocesan synod was one of just two in the country that voted against the ordination of women bishops. Times, Sunday Times
Nor would bishops, synods or candidacy committees be required to consider partnered gay or lesbian candidates for ministry.
In this synod six questions about God's essence and attributes were answered, all in the Hesychast sense, while The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
His choices appear to reward those who supported his reformist positions at the contentious synod on the family last year. Times, Sunday Times
Thus, tired of being the poor and comparatively impotent relation, General Synod is now chafing at the bit.
Synod members are to be asked to vote for a move that would cut out approval from the 43 dioceses. Times, Sunday Times
So, the Boston group made yet another uncanonical departure from the bishop they had pledged obedience to, and ended up with the Synod of Archbishop Auxentios.
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Their only fault was perhaps that they demanded eulogia from their priests when the latter came to synods. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
The second objection asserted that the General Synod was a yoke of commandments of men, hence could not serve the purpose of true peace. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
On 2 February, 1347, the fourth Hesychast synod was held. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
Will this issue be dealt with at the next synod of bishops? Times, Sunday Times
With such a positive approach general synod would begin to look credible. Times, Sunday Times
He allowed that others had proposed the Roman synod and the revision of the Code of Canon Law.
The current bishop still remained committed to the project, but the synod of the diocese voted against continuing construction.
When the four exscinded synods, three in western New York and one in Ohio, together with a great following of sympathizing congregations in all parts of the country, came together to reconstruct their shattered polity, they were found to number about four ninths of the late Presbyterian Church. A History of American Christianity
The other day I was looking up a picture of a ministerial colleague in the mug-shot book of the ELCA's Metropolitan Chicago Synod.
The Church sleeps on… In spite of constant synodical resolutions and episcopal pronouncements, the Church as a whole does not care.
At any rate the synods of the sixth and seventh centuries, while fully recognizing the position of these former wives and according them even the formal designation of bishopess, priestess, deaconess, and subdeaconess (episcopissa, presbytera, diaconissa, subdiaconissa), laid down some very strict rules to guide their relations with their former husbands. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
The Bishop and Synod did actually order a "perambulation" to be made to see if anything could be annexed from the adjacent parishes, especially Chronicles of Strathearn
Synod members were under pressure to crack down on gay clergy, who were portrayed as leading lives of wild abandon!
The issues were hot topics at the Anglican synod in Brisbane last month.
In its eighth session, approved in 1418 by Martin V, this synod condemned the following articles of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
Between them, Henry and Wolsey bludgeoned the pope into granting Wolsey the rank of legate a latere for life, which meant that he became the superior ecclesiastical authority in England, and could convoke legatine synods.
Purely spiritual episcopacy, synodical government, and the sending of missionary bishops lead North American contributions to Anglican life.
This was the germ of the idea of the "Synod of Bishops". Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
And synod and churchwide leaders look warily toward the future.
To everyone's disappointment, the episcopal synod has remained as it was created: a forum where issues are permitted to be discussed, but never decided.
This was effected at the Synod of Celchyth (787), at which Offa granted the pope a yearly sum equal to one mancus a day for the relief of the poor and for lights to be kept burning before St. Peter's tomb. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
I vividly remember reporting the 1971 Synod on the ministerial priesthood when influential voices were calling for an end to the celibacy rule.
I remind you also that it is not a formal synodical response, which is necessary at this point, but a careful study of the proposed text through whichever channels you feel most appropriate in your own Provinces. Anglican Communion Challenges Require 'Generosity and Patience' - Archbishop's Letter to Primates
The aim of the Synod consisted in enabling the church to get rid of the control of the foreign mission, and thereby to establish and develop indigenousness and united church in its proper sense.
The next year the Synod of Virginia reported "That Mr. Chavis, a missionary to the blacks, itinerated in several counties in the south part of the state; but owing to some peculiar circumstances, stated in his journal, his mission to them was not attended with any considerable success. John Chavis. Antebellum Negro Preacher and Teacher
So it seems the plenary council and synod proposals have been put on a back burner.
Ph. Schaff, W.J. Mann describes the relation of the General Synod to the Methodists and Presbyterians as a "concubinage" with the sects. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
This is because the Earth-Mars relationship repeats with a synodic cycle of 15 years. The Case for Mars
His choices appear to reward those who supported his reformist positions at the contentious synod on the family last year. Times, Sunday Times
Loehe declared in 1863 that the General Synod was a Union Church, more so than any in Germany. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
He also devoted enormous energy to the spiritual health and ecclesial discipline of other churches in north Italy, not least through his correspondence and his attendance at synods.
Colman at the Synod of Whitby evidently had some vague memory of the long extinct Quartodeciman controversy in his mind when he claimed an The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux

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