Sentences with phrase «synod held»

Earlier this year, the General Synod held discussions on a controversial report concerning sexuality which backed traditional marriage but also called for «maximum freedom» for homosexual people.

Indeed, at a synod held in 486, the Persian church officially accepted the Nestorian position.

He discovers that church buildings are now regarded as museums and the Anglican Church in Britain a pale shadow of its former life, with the recent General Synod held in a back room of the Rose and Crown and Tooting.

Philastrius of Brescia (d. 397) regarded Hebrews as written by Paul but not canonical; on the other hand, African synods held in 393 and 397 accepted the canonicity of «thirteen letters of the apostle Paul» and «of the same, one to the Hebrews», thus maintaining a distinction without a difference.

Not exact matches

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

Formed by those who'd left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, a mainline body, and who weren't quite so conservative as to join the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the NALC recently held its third annual convention, and a good time was had by all.

The document will be used as a guideline for discussions at a synod, a meeting of top Catholic bishops convened by Pope Francis, to be held in Rome in October.

It is true that Presbyterians held a different idea concerning the right of synods or Church assemblies to legislate for local churches and to ordain or examine ministerial candidates.

This policy, called Josephinism, held that the state has not only the right to defend the Church, to reform it in the case of harmful activities, and to inspect it, but also to convene councils or synods, to end theological controversies, to censor theological books, and to tolerate other religions.

The bishops asked him to speak to their Spring General Assembly, held in New Orleans June 10 - 13, as part of a broader effort to prepare for the upcoming Synod on the Family, which takes place this fall in Rome, and the World Meeting of Families, which will take place in Philadelphia in 2015.

The announcement made clear that the present Extraordinary Synod for the Family — to be held at the Vatican from 5 to 19 October 2015 — is just part of a two - year path.

The goal of this meeting, officially called the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, is to present working proposals for a larger meeting to be held next October 2015.

At the recent synod, the most grotesque contradictions to beliefs held since apostolic times were put forward by bishops and cardinals, causing great scandal to the laity.

Participation could be seen as endorsing «false teaching» because some among the diverse group of religious leaders at the vigil hold beliefs different from those of synod.

Those at the 2018 Synod on Youth should consider why John Paul II held such appeal for young people.

The unity of Latin America, counterbalancing the colossus of the North, was also a not - so - subliminal point at the Synod for America held in Rome at the end of 1997, on which I am now writing a book.

It ran from October 7 to 28 inside the Synod Hall at the Vatican, where the cardinals held their pre-conclave meetings.

It was given during the First Synod of the New Province of Westminster, held at Oscott College, near Birmingham.

However, his book is not a contention for this position; it is an argument that the General Synod, rather than advocating an orthopraxis, should recognize that Christians may reasonably hold diverse opinions on such issues.

«We hope that the discernment in the Electoral Synod will enable them to elect a new bishop who will lead the Diocese of Brechin in its future ministry and mission, and hold each of the candidates and the Diocese in our prayers during this process.»

Cardinal Vincent Nichols held a press conference as he prepared to attend the Pope's Synod on the Family in Rome next month.

To meet the challenge a synod was held in Dort (or Dordrecht) in 1618 - 1619 to which delegates came not only from Reformed Churches in the Netherlands but also from Switzerland, Germany, and England.

What is the particular relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's first «Apostolic exhortation», Sacramentum Caritatis --(issued on March 13 as the concluding act of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in October of 2005)-- to the political career of Ruth Kelly, since May 2006 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?

The governor made the submission on Sunday at the third session of the 12th Synod of the Diocese of Warri, Anglican Communion, held at St. Peter's...

Before any church is consecrated, the legal title thereto shall be registered in the name of The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron, which holds it in trust for the benefit of the Parish or congregation.

Legal title to all real property held by any Parish or congregation in the Diocese is registered in the name of The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron, which holds it in trust for the benefit of the Parish or congregation.