| 单词 | general councils |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral councils Variously qualified according to its sphere, as œcumenical, general, national, patriarchal, primatial, provincial, diocesan (this = synod). Without qualification, usually applied to general councils, i.e. those called together by an invitation to the church at large, and claiming to speak in the name of the whole church, whether ultimately accepted as doing so (œcumenical) or not. In early times general council was used less definitely, e.g. for a national or provincial council. In the Middle Ages there were also mixed councils, which met to settle both spiritual and civil affairs.extracted from counciln.< as lemmas |
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