Saint Sava began the work on the Serbian Nomocanon in 1208 while being at Mount Athos, using The Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles, Synopsis of Stefan the Efesian, Nomocanon of John Scholasticus, Ecumenical Councils ' documents, which he modified with the canonical commentaries of Aristinos and John Zonaras, local church meetings, rules of the Holy Fathers, the law of Moses, translation of Prohiron and the Byzantine emperors ' Novellae ( most were taken from Justinian's Novellae ).

All of the original Seven Ecumenical Councils as recognized in whole or in part were called by an emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire and all were held in the Eastern Roman Empire.

) The Council of Florence is an example of a council accepted as ecumenical in spite of being rejected by the East, as the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon were rejected by those whom the church considered to have thereby ceased to belong to the church.

They were replaced by democratically-elected County Councils by the Local Government ( Ireland ) Act 1898.

Provincial Councils with Indian members were also set up.

When colonial rule was established and efficiency was sought, partly because of settler pressure, newly educated younger men were associated with old chiefs in local Native Councils.

Positions on both Councils were initially appointed by the High Commissioner of the British Protectorate but progressively more of the positions were directly elected or appointed by electoral colleges formed by the local councils.

Its origin were the King's Councils (' wiece '), which gained power during the time of Poland's fragmentation ( 1146 – 1295 ).

While the Legislative Councils in British Australasian and North American colonies were unelected upper houses and some of them had since abolished themselves, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong has remained the sole chamber and had in 1995 evolved into a fully elected house, yet only part of the seats are returned by universal suffrage.

Eck also forced Luther to declare that Ecumenical Councils were sometimes errant, as in the case when Konstance ( 1414 – 1418 ) condemned Hus ( 1415 ).

Old age pensions were doubled, efforts were made to help returning soldiers find employment, and the Whitley Councils were established to arbitrate between employees and employers.

Through the RCNL, Howard led campaigns to expose brutality by the Mississippi state highway patrol and to encourage blacks to make deposits in the black-owned Tri-State Bank of Nashville which, in turn, gave loans to civil rights activists who were victims of a " credit squeeze " by the White Citizens ' Councils.

Previous votes against a contestant were discounted in subsequent Tribal Councils.

When Kings summoned their barons to Royal Councils, the greater barons were summoned individually by the Sovereign, lesser barons through sheriffs.

In 1851 the Provincial Legislative Councils were permitted to be partially elective.

This was perhaps in part because Kitchener was thought to be a Tory ( the Liberals were in office at the time ); perhaps due to a Curzon-inspired whispering campaign ; but most importantly because Morley, who was a Gladstonian and thus suspicious of imperialism, felt it inappropriate, after the recent grant of limited self-government under the 1909 Indian Councils Act, for a serving soldier to be Viceroy.

Meetings of the entire episcopate of a supra-national region have historically been called councils as well, such as the various Councils of Carthage in which all the bishops of North Africa were to attend.

Although employers were willing to negotiate with each union separately, they refused to bargain with the Building and Metal Trade Councils, disapproving of the constituent unions that had joined the umbrella organization, and citing employers ' inability to meet proposed wage demands.

Although employers were willing to negotiate with each union separately, they refused to bargain with the Building and Metal Trade Councils, disapproving of the constituent unions that had joined the umbrella organization, and citing employers ' inability to meet proposed wage demands.

In July 2007 the plans were rejected by both Waveney and Suffolk Coastal District Councils.

Chamberlain's renewed scheme for National Councils was not discussed in Cabinet, and only on 13 March were Gladstone's proposals for Ireland revealed.

Those limits are expressed in Article XXI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, ratified in 1571 ( significantly, just as the Council of Trent was drawing to a close ), which held that " General Councils ... may err, and sometimes have erred ... wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.

The Church considers the first seven Ecumenical Councils ( held between the 4th and the 8th century ) to be the most important ; however, there have been more, specifically the Synods of Constantinople, 879 – 880, 1341, 1347, 1351, 1583, 1819, and 1872, the Synod of Iaşi ( Jassy ), 1642, and the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672, all of which helped to define the Orthodox position.

Unlike the five earlier General Councils held in Rome, which met in the Lateran Basilica and are known as Lateran Councils, it met in the Vatican Basilica, hence its name.

* First of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.

* Last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.

Further, Métis citizens and their communities are represented and participate in these Métis governance structures by way of elected Locals or Community Councils, as well as, provincial assemblies held annually.

A council held in the city in 381 was only the first of a series of Councils of Aquileia that have been convened over the centuries.

Four alumni also serve on the Executive Council and are elected at Grand Arch Councils, held during even-numbered years.

Freehold title of Gulaga National Park will be held in trust for the Aboriginal owners by Merrimans and Wagonga Local Aboriginal Lands Councils, while that of Biamanga will be held in trust by Merrimans and Bega Local Aboriginal Lands Councils.

The first thirteen Councils ( held from 1907 – 1970 ) are referred to as All-American Sobors, reflecting the American Church's jurisdictional ties to the Russian Orthodox Church.

In March and April, the election of a new third of the Councils had been held.

In the time of the first Ecumenical Councils, the Patriarch of Antioch held the ecclesiastical authority over the Diocese of the Orient, which was to be extended from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

A new constitution was promulgated in January 1974 that resulted in the creation of a People's Assembly ( Pyithu Hluttaw ) that held supreme legislative, executive, and judicial authority, and local People's Councils.

The granting of Borough status made the town independent of the County Courts, a right held until County Councils came into being in 1888.

Ordinary questions of discipline are in the ordinary course settled in councils, often held with the assent of the kings, but on great occasions – the Councils of Epaone ( 517 ), Vaison ( 529 ), Valence ( 529 ), Orléans ( 538 ), Tours ( 567 ) – the bishops declare that they are acting under the impulse of the Holy See, or defer to its admonitions ; they take pride in the approbation of the pope ; they cause his name to be read aloud in the churches, just as is done in Italy and in Africa they cite his decretals as a source of Canon Law ; they show indignation at the mere idea that anyone should fail in consideration for them.

When it regained its independence, its old authority in France came back to it, the work of the Councils of Saint-Basle and of Chelles was undone ; princes like Hugh Capet, bishops like Gerbert, held no attitude but that of submission.

On January 27th, 1962, a public meeting was held at the Appleton Community School for the purpose of organizing the community under the Community Councils Act.

Category: Roman Catholic Church Councils held in France

The Seven Ecumenical Councils were held in the East and called by the Eastern Emperors, Roman pontiffs never presided over any of them.

Group Councils, the only form of government, are held regularly, with attendance being open to all interested parties and decisions being reached through consensus.