conciliarismn.
/kənˈsɪlɪarɪz(ə)m/ A theory or system of ecclesiastical government according to which the highest authority is embodied in councils of the church.
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conciliarism1945
1945 V. Ferm Encycl. Relig. 191/1 Conciliarism, the doctrine of the authority of representative church councils as over against that of the monarchical papacy.
1957 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 8 264 The papacy in the fourteenth century survived the move to Avignon only to fall victim to the far more dangerous menace of conciliarism.
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conˈciliarist n. one who supports this theory.
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conciliarist1932
1932 C. H. McIlwain Growth Polit. Thought vi. 349 Though the theories of the conciliarists are not novel their expression of these theories and their application of them to the changing political conditions of the time are second to none in their historical importance or in their actual influence upon subsequent political thought.
1951 A. Gewirth Marsilius of Padua I. iii. 131 The conciliarist movement attempted to combine ecclesiastic universality with secular particularism.
1955 W. Ullmann Growth Papal Govt. xiv. 453 The so strongly entrenched idea of the corpus [of believers] was to show itself of extraordinary value to the conciliarists.
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