Sentences with phrase «acknowledged head of the church»
The bishop of Rome was the acknowledged head of the church; hence his power was clearly dominant in all of Western civilization.
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The Synod of Dadyeshu decided that the Catholicos should be the sole head of the Persian church and that no ecclesiastical authority should be acknowledged above him.
When one of them asked her how she could possibly acknowledge the Pope as head of the Church.
The substance of what is proclaimed is the same as what is recollected, the same as is now acknowledged by the congregation in thanksgiving as God's salvatory and present power, the same as is offered and received in participation of the members in the Head of the church.