The American Bishops assembled at the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore urged the Catholic people to read the Holy Bible.

Furthermore, individual bishops, or the Council of Bishops as a whole, often serve a prophetic role, making statements on important social issues and setting forth a vision for the denomination, though they have no legislative authority of their own.

The collegial expression of episcopal leadership in the United Methodist Church is known as the Council of Bishops.

The Conference of Methodist Bishops includes the United Methodist Council of Bishops plus bishops from affiliated autonomous Methodist or United Churches.

* The Ecumenical Catholic Communion * The United Methodist Church: Council of Bishops

In 1994, the prayers announced " allowed " by the 1982 Bishops Council of the Anglican Church of Korea was published in a second version of the Book of Common Prayers In 2004, the National Anglican Council published the third and the current Book of Common Prayers known as " seoung-gong-hwe gi-do-seo " or the " Anglican Prayers ", including the Daily Masses, Special Masses, Baptism, Confirmation, Funeral Mass, Wedding Mass, Rite of Ordination Mass, and all of the other events the Anglican Church of Korea celebrates.

Bishops debating with the pope at the Council of Constance

The Church declared the first sessions of the Council of Constance an invalid and illicit assembly of Bishops, gathered under the authority of John XXIII.

Neither body sent representatives to the CUIC plenary on January 11 – 14, 2008, though the AME Council of Bishops never voted to suspend membership officially.

* United Methodist Council of Bishops Official Website of the United Methodist Church

Damasus ' response repudiated Maximus summarily and advised Theodosius to summon a Council of Bishops for the purpose of settling various Church issues such as the schism in Antioch and the consecration of a proper bishop for the see of Constantinople.

Spanish Bishops held the Council of Elvira around 306.

Among the most active of the major Curial institutions are the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which oversees the Catholic Church's doctrine ; the Congregation for Bishops, which coordinates the appointment of bishops worldwide ; the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, which oversees all missionary activities ; and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, which deals with international peace and social issues.

* Address of the Great Council of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America 11-13 March 1969, Concerning The Canonization of the Spiritual Father Herman of Alaska

The Synod of Bishops was formed during the Second Vatican Council, introduced by the decree Christus Dominus.

Pope Paul VI opened the last period of the Council on 14 September 1965 with the establishment of the Synod of Bishops.

* Council of Bishops — When taken into consideration along with the various general agencies of the church, takes on a role similar to an executive branch.

The Council of Bishops consists of all active and retired bishops and meets twice a year.

According to the Book of Discipline 2000, " The Church expects the Council of Bishops to speak to the Church and from the Church to the world, and to give leadership in the quest for Christian unity and interreligious relationships.

In April 2005, the United Methodist Council of Bishops approved " A Proposal for Interim Eucharistic Sharing.

* Council of Epaone: Bishops of southern Gaul convene near Epao ( present Anneyron ) in Burgundy.

* Seventy Bishops hold the Council of the Christian Church of Africa.

" For Ourselves Council for Generalized Self-Management " discusses Stirner and speaks of a " communist egoism ," which is said to be a " synthesis of individualism and collectivism ," and says that " greed in its fullest sense is the only possible basis of communist society.

In 1870, the First Vatican Council proclaimed the dogma of papal infallibility for those rare occasions the pope speaks ex cathedra when issuing a solemn definition of faith or morals.

We, adhering faithfully to the tradition received from the beginning of the Christian faith, to the glory of God, our Saviour, the elevation of the Catholic religion and the salvation of Christian peoples, with the approbation of the sacred Council, teach and explain that the dogma has been divinely revealed: that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when carrying out the duty of the pastor and teacher of all Christians by his supreme apostolic authority he defines a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter, operates with that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer wished that His church be instructed in defining doctrine on faith and morals ; and so such definitions of the Roman Pontiff from himself, but not from the consensus of the Church, are unalterable.

* To rebut the accusation of denying the catholicity and indefectibility of the Church, they say that, between the death of every Pope and the election of his successor, there is a sede vacante period during which there is no visible Head of the Church, and — while mainstream Catholics hold that, according to the dogmatic constitution Pastor aeternus of the First Vatican Council, which speaks of " perpetual successors " in the pontificate, there must be, apart from such transitory periods, a perpetual presence of the Bishop of Rome, not merely of his office — that the absence of a Pope has become a long-term feature of the Church's structure.

* Shimon Peres speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations about the Israel / Lebanon conflict on 31 July 2006

The High Representative, in conjunction with the President of the European Council, speaks on behalf of the EU in agreed foreign policy matters and can have the task of articulating ambiguous policy positions created by disagreements among member states.

( Similarly, in " The Council of Elrond ", Glóin describes a messenger who speaks of " Sauron the Great ".

Ukrainian ambassador to the EU Andriy Veselovsky praised the framework and clarified it in his own terms: The President of the European Commission speaks as the EU's " government " while the new President of the European Council is a " strategist ".

Consequently the Council is autonomous in matters devolved by the Scotland Act, such as justice, health and welfare, and community relations, whilst the Board of Deputies speaks for all Britain's Jews on reserved matters such as foreign affairs and equality legislation.

... in an appalling breach of its own principles and procedures, the UN Human Rights Council has institutionalised a permanent agenda item indicting one member state -- agenda item No 7, which speaks of " Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories " -- while agenda item No 8 speaks of " human rights violations in the rest of the world ".

While the collection was used in the papal chancery until the 11th century, the content of the document that contains the profession of faith shows that this formulary can have been used only at some time or times in the short period between the election of Pope Conon ( 686-687 ) and that of Pope Zachary ( 741-752 ); and the profession of faith speaks of the Third Council of Constantinople ( 680-681 ) as having been held recently (" nuper "), making the beginning of that period the most likely.

While there has been some criticism of the vague division of powers between the EU's top players, Ukrainian ambassador to the EU Andriy Veselovsky praised the framework and clarified it in his own terms: The President of the European Commission speaks as the EU's " government " while the President of the European Council is a " strategist ".

Kyle also speaks his mind during a Master's Council session, where he stands up to Chief of State Cal Omas.

It speaks with a gentle, female voice, and is also a figure of authority in the Council of Dreammakers.

Ukrainian ambassador to the EU Andriy Veselovsky praised the framework and clarified it in his own terms: The President of the European Commission speaks as the EU's " government " while the President of the European Council is a " strategist ".

* Dean speaks out against Bradford Council in local press

At this treaty, he speaks on behalf of the Six Nations ' Grand Council, but also makes clear that the Council's ratification was required, in accordance with the Iroquois system of government.

At the wolf pack's meeting at Council Rock Baloo the bear speaks for the man-cub and Bagheera the panther buys his life with a freshly killed bull.

* Fouad Ajami speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on July 11, 2006 about his book, The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, The Arabs and The Iraqis in Iraq

* Prof. Dürr speaks about the World Future Council

He meets Theon and speaks with Lys ' Council, telling them that Diaspar knows about Lys.

* David Gergen speaks to Jane Wales at the World Affairs Council of Northern California, October 10, 2006, video commentary on the Bush Administration.

Richard Legendre sparked a feud with Boisclair about the latter's alleged slowness to trigger a referendum ( Boisclair speaks of a referendum launched as soon as possible during the next mandate, as stipulates the new party platform, adopted at the Party National Council of 2005, while Legendre advocates one within the first year in power ).