A synod (/ˈsɪnəd/) is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word...
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The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who...
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The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.7 million...
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consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers...
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Look up synodic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Synodic, may refer to: Synodic day Synodic month Synodic orbital period, synodic year or synodic time...
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Synodality (from synod which is Greek σύν "together" and ὁδός "way, journey") is in the Catholic Church a term "often used to describe the process of fraternal...
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16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the Synod on Synodality, was a Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church which...
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The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. The General Synod of the Church of England, which was established in...
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The Synod of Rome may refer to a number of synods or councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in Rome. Some of these synods include: Synod of Rome...
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called the Holy Synod. For instance, the Holy Synod is a ruling body of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In Oriental Orthodoxy the Holy Synod is the highest...
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The Synod of Dort (also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht) was a European transnational Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the...
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The Franckean Synod was a Lutheran church body in North America in the 19th century. The Synod was formed by Lutheran pastors in New York who were dissatisfied...
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lists the names of the 16 synods and 166 presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). There are 16 synods in PC(USA). A synod is a regional governing...
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Synod of Bishops may refer to: Synod of Bishops (Catholic), an advisory body for the Pope established in 1965 Synod of bishops (Orthodox), a meeting at...
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The Synods of Pińczów were a series of 22 Calvinist synods held in the town of Pińczów from 1550-1563. At the time of the Reformation, Pińczów belonged...
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The Stoglav Synod (Russian: Стоглавый Собор), also translated as the Hundred Chapter Synod or Council of a Hundred Chapters, was a church council (sobor)...
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The Earthquake Synod was an English synod that took place on 21 May 1382 in the Blackfriars area of London, England. William Courtenay, the Archbishop...
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The Lutheran Synod of Buffalo, organized on June 25, 1845, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by four pastors and 18 lay delegates as the Synod of Lutheran Emigrants...
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Anglican churches, a deanery synod is a synod convened by the Rural Dean (or Area Dean) and/or the Joint Lay Chair of the Deanery Synod, who is elected by the...
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Councils of Carthage (redirect from African Synods)
The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these...
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The Synod of Jassy or Synod of Iași (also referred to as the Council of Jassy or the Council of Iași), was convened in Iași in Moldavia (present-day Romania)...
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Orbital period (redirect from Synodic period)
the basis for the solar year, and respectively the calendar year. The synodic period refers not to the orbital relation to the parent star, but to other...
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The Hauge Synod (formally Hauge's Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod in America) was the name of a Norwegian Lutheran church body in the United States...
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The Synod of Hippo refers to the synod of 393 which was hosted in Hippo Regius in northern Africa during the early Christian Church. Additional synods were...
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The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter...
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Council of Lyon (redirect from Second synod of Lyon)
twenty-eight synods or councils held at Lyons or at Anse. Some of these synods include: Synod of Lyon (before 523), at which eleven of the members of the Synod of...
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Session of the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East, leaving the Patriarchal See vacant. On 8 September 2021, the Holy Synod elected Mar Awa Royel...
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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy...
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The Synod of Elvira (Latin: Concilium Eliberritanum, Spanish: Concilio de Elvira) was an ecclesiastical synod held at Elvira in the Roman province of...
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Holy Synod of Jerusalem is the senior ruling body of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher. The synod consists...
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