Phrases with «church tribunal»

A church tribunal refers to a group or body of people in a church who are responsible for making decisions and judgments about religious matters and conflicts within the church community. They help maintain order and resolve disputes based on the teachings and rules of the church. Full definition

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Sentences with «church tribunal»

The constitutional evils that attend upon any «arbitrariness» exception in the sense applied by the Illinois Supreme Court to justify civil court review of ecclesiastical decisions of final church tribunals are manifest in the instant case. (supreme.justia.com)
This is all the more likely in light of the recent narrow acquittal by a church tribunal of a pastor on the charges that he violated church law by performing a wedding ceremony for two lesbian members of his Omaha, Nebraska, congregation. (firstthings.com)
By the eighteenth century it was virtually unknown, and in 1816 Pope Pius VII forbade its use in any Church tribunal. (faith.org.uk)
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Phrases with «church tribunal»

Sentences with «church tribunal»

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