synods in English

noun
1
an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church.
In occasional diocesan synods , they harangued their clergy and issued reforming regulations.
2
a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.

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1. “The Holy Fathers and the Ecumenical Synods,” I replied.

2. Each of this church’s expressions—Congregations, synods and the churchwide organization—has a constitution

3. He granted religious freedom; consequently Catholic synods were once more held in North Africa.

4. His authorities are the Historia tripartita of Cassiodorus, acts of synods, and letters of contemporary Fathers.

5. The fund finances the loans through the sale of investments to ELCA Congregations and their members, synods and ELCA-related ministries

6. From 1464 to 1467, this fledgling but growing group held a number of synods in the region of Kunwald and accepted several resolutions that defined their new religious movement.

7. (Acts, chapter 15) The provision for Roman Catholic bishops to meet was a product of the Vatican Council II, and previous synods were held in 1967 and 1969.

8. Administratively, these bishops and their territories are organized into various autocephalous groups or synods of bishops who gather together at least twice a year to discuss the state of affairs within their respective sees.

9. (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates (of a bishop) independent of any higher governing body Derived forms of Autocephalous autoce…

10. As bishop, Albinus gave particular attention to the poor, spending large sums for the ransoming of captives. He was energetic in putting into effect the decrees of the Synods of Orl é ans (538 and 541), in which he had participated.

11. Balefire; Bonfire (religion, spiritualism, and occult) The name "balefire" probably comes either from the Celtic word bel, meaning "bright," or from the Anglo-Saxon bael, meaning "a fire." In the seventh and eighth centuries, Christian synods attempted to ban celebratory Balefires as pagan.

12. Balefire; Bonfire (religion, spiritualism, and occult) The name "balefire" probably comes either from the Celtic word bel, meaning "bright," or from the Anglo-Saxon bael, meaning "a fire." In the seventh and eighth centuries, Christian synods attempted to ban celebratory Balefires as pagan.