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  • 91synod of bishops —    This term refers to an international assembly of bishops from around the world who are convoked by thePope to discuss matters of concern to the universal Church …

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  • 92Holy Synod — • The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Synod     Holy Synod …

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  • 93Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod — Classification Lutheran Orientation Confessional Lutheran Theology Old Lutheran …

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  • 94Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod — Classification Lutheran Orientation Confessional Lutheran Polity Congregational Associations Confessional …

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  • 95Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod — Infobox Christian denomination name = Lutheran Church Missouri Synod imagewidth = 175px caption = Corporate seal of the LCMS main classification = Lutheran orientation = Confessional Lutheran polity = Congregationalist founder = C. F. W. Walther… …

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  • 96Holy Synod — In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod. For instance, the Holy Synod is a ruling body of the Georgian Orthodox… …

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  • 97General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada — Anglican PortalThe General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is the chief governing and legislative body of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. The first General Synod session was… …

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  • 98Cadaver Synod — The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial or, in Latin, the Synodus Horrenda ) is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January of 897. [For …

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  • 99Most Holy Synod — Headquarters of the Holy Synod of the Russian Empire in St. Petersburg …

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  • 100Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod — The Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod (1820 1920) was a Lutheran Church body known for its staunch adherence to the Augsburg Confession and commitment to confessional Lutheranism. The Synod began with 6 ministers in 1820 and had 40 by 1919.… …

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