The Synod of Hippo of 393 ordered a general meeting yearly, but this was found too onerous for the bishops, and in the Synod of Carthage ( 407 ) it was decided to hold a general synod only when necessary for the needs of all Africa, and it was to be held at a place most convenient for the purpose.

At the Synod of Hippo ( 393 ) it was ordered that " dignities " should be sent from each ecclesiastical province.

In 529 the Second Synod of Vasio in Gaul ( modern ( Vaison ) said in its fifth canon that the second part of the doxology, with the words Sicut erat in principio, was used in Rome, the East, and Africa, and ordered it to be said likewise in Gaul.

In December 897, Pope Theodore II ( 897 ) convened a synod that annulled the Cadaver Synod, rehabilitated Formosus, and ordered that his body, which had been recovered from the Tiber, be reburied in Saint Peter's Basilica in pontifical vestments.

In 898, John IX ( 898 — 900 ) also nullified the Cadaver Synod, convening two synods ( one in Rome, one in Ravenna ) which confirmed the findings of Theodore II's synod, ordered the acta of the Cadaver Synod destroyed, and prohibited any future trial of a dead person.

This translation formed the starting point for the Statenvertaling or " States ' Translation ", a full Bible translation into Dutch ordered by the Synod.

In 1281 the Synod of Lambeth, England, ordered priests to explain these truths of faith four times a year.

In Germany it was ordered by a Synod of Mainz in 813.

The Synod ordered the burning of the crosses that Aldebert had set up in the countryside.

Konstantinovsky ( 2009 ) states that the uses of apocatastasis in Christian writings prior to the Synod of Constantinople ( 543 ) and the anathema ( 553 ) pronounced against " Origenists " and Evagrius Ponticus were neutral and referred primarily to concepts similar to the general " restoration of all things spoken " ( restitutio omnium quae locutus est Deus ) of Peter in Acts 3: 21 and not for example the universal reconciliation of all souls which had ever been.

The council also endorsed these lists of canonical writings: the Apostolic Canons (~ 385 CE ), the Synod of Laodicea (~ 363 CE?

The African Synod of Hippo, in 393, approved the New Testament, as it stands today, together with the Septuagint books, a decision that was repeated by Councils of Carthage in 397 and 419.

A proposal to perform same-sex weddings was approved on October 22, 2009 by 176 of 249 voting members of the Church of Sweden Synod.

At the Synod of Aachen on 28 April 862, the bishops of Lotharingia approved this union, contrary to ecclesiastical law.

The official stance, approved by the General Synod in 1973, affirms that: " We believe the Bible teaches the sanctity of human life.

The Synod of Heidelberg approved the catechism in 1563.

In the Netherlands, the Catechism was approved by the Synods of Wesel ( 1568 ), Emden ( 1571 ), Dort ( 1578 ), the Hague ( 1586 ), as well as the great Synod of Dort of 1618-1619, which adopted it as one of the Three Forms of Unity, together with the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dort.

* 1957: In 1957 the Unity Synod of the Moravian Church declared of women's ordination " in principle such ordination is permissible " and that each province is at liberty to " take such steps as seem essential for the maintenance of the ministry of the Word and Sacraments ;” however, while this was approved by the Unity Synod in 1957, the Northern Province of the Moravian Church did not approve women for ordination until 1970 at the Provincial Synod, and it was not until 1975 that the Rev.

* 1970: The Northern Province of the Moravian Church approved women for ordination in 1970 at the Provincial Synod, but it was not until 1975 that the Rev.

* 1992: In November 1992 the General Synod of the Church of England approved the ordination of women as priests.

At the 207th General Synod, a new ARP psalter was approved for use in the denomination to encourage the increased use of Psalm singing in public worship.

At Metropolitan Irineu's proposal, the Holy Synod, in its July 30, 1945 session, after a canonical investigation and examination, approved Fr.

On October 19 – 20, 1948, the Holy Synod approved the Statute that determined the organisation and functioning of the Romanian Orthodox Church ; henceforth there would be just five metropolitanates, with thirteen suffragan dioceses, to which were added two Romanian dioceses for the diaspora.

* The Genevan Psalter revised and approved by the Walloon Synod ( 1729 )

While bishops of Gregory VII's party held a Synod in Quedlinburg, at which they denounced and condemned Guibert, partisans of Henry held a rival Synod at Mainz in 1085, where they approved the deposition of Gregory and the elevation of Guibert.

Juan de la Plasencia to the Synod of Manila ( 1582 ) was approved unanimously by missionaries of the religious orders.

Under the direction of President Wilbert Rosin, the college requested four-year institution status from the Missouri Synod for its programs in nursing, teacher education, social work and engineering, and in 1978 the request was approved.

Eighty-eight ( 88 ) percent of the delegates approved the motion to unite with the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and the latter body's General Synod approved by an even wider margin.

The General Synod of 1884 approved a liturgy that was approved by the required number of Classes ( first-level judicatories, equivalent to presbyteries ).

In 1981 the Synod approved the name change to Presbyterian High School and the school moved to Ang Mo Kio in 1983.

In 1969 the Diocesan Synod approved the plans and in February 1970 the next stage towards the completion of the Cathedral began.

Daniel Preus and others in the Synod's " Confessional " camp argued that Benke, by participating in a prayer event alongside non-Lutheran clergy and leaders of non-Christian faiths, had engaged in practices that the Synod condemns as " Syncretism " and " unionism.

Strensall is also the possible site of many historical events supposed to have occurred in Whitby, most significantly the ' Whitby ' Synod of 664.

In the Synod of Ferrara-Florence ( 1438-9 ), that was supposed to unify the Greek Orthodox and the Catholic churches, the Ecumenical Patriarch had included in his entourage the Megas Sakellarios ( among other officials and bishops ).

All three Johannine epistles were recognised by the 39th festal letter of Athanasius, the Synod of Hippo and the Council of Carthage.

This appears in a 672 letter from Saint Aldhelm to King Geraint of Dumnonia, but it may have been circulating since the Synod of Whitby.

However, upon hearing of the letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople, and of Basil's subsequent refusal to withdraw it, Patriarch Alexei withdrew the offer of an audience, and the Holy Synod retired Bishop Basil pending an investigation, appointing in Basil's stead Archbishop Innokenty as temporary administrator of the diocese.

Greek media reported that the Archbishop characterised the move a " hostile act " against the Church, while the Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church, presided by Christodoulos, sent a letter of complaint to the Ministry for National Education and Religious Affairs under Marietta Giannakou.

In a letter dated 13 January 2006, Patriarch Abune Antonios was informed that following several sessions of the church's Holy Synod, he had been formally deposed.

Some time after the Synod of Diamper, on 25 November 1599, a letter was send to Pope by Archdeacon, giving information about the Synod and its work.

This Synod of Dort was open primarily to Dutch Calvinists ( Arminians were excluded ) with Calvinist representatives from other countries, and in 1618 published a condemnation of Arminius and his followers as heretics.

Angilbert delivered the document on Iconoclasm from the Frankish Synod of Frankfurt to Pope Adrian I, and was later sent on three important embassies to the pope, in 792, 794 and 796.

It was then that he began to study the principles of law and administration under Konstantin Pobedonostsev, then a professor of civil law at Moscow State University and later ( from 1880 ) chief procurator of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in Russia.

The Anglican Church of Canada developed its first Book of Common Prayer separately from the English version in 1918, which received final authorization from General Synod in 1922.

The first Conciliar document on celibacy of the Western Christian Church ( Canon 33 of the Synod of Elvira, c. AD 305 ) states that the discipline of celibacy is to refrain from the use of marriage, i. e. refrain from having carnal contact with your spouse.

The position that " Christian theological anti-Judaism is a phenomenon distinct from modern antisemitism, which is rooted in economic and racial thought, so that Christian teachings should not be held responsible for antisemitism " has been articulated, among other places, by Pope John Paul II in ' We Re member: A Reflection on the Shoah ,' and the Jewish declaration on Christianity, Dabru Emet .. Several scholars, including Susannah Heschel, Gavin I Langmuir and Uriel Tal the General Synod has affirmed that " the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ is for all and must be shared with all including people from other faiths or of no faith and that to do anything else would be to institutionalize discrimination ".

Cyril died about 444, but the controversies were to continue for decades, from the " Robber Synod " of Ephesus ( 449 ) to the Council of Chalcedon ( 451 ) and beyond.

Upon their selection, both Patriarchs ( Ethiopian & Eritrean ) must receive the approval and communion from the Holy Synod of the Apostolic See of Alexandria before their enthronement.

While some Celtic Christian practices were changed at the Synod of Whitby, the church in the British Isles was under papal authority from earliest times.

With the exception of the Orthodox Church of Greece ( Holy Synod in Resistance ), they will commune the faithful from all the canonical jurisdictions and are recognized by and in communion with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

The delegates to the General Synod of the ARP Church are the elder representatives elected from each church's Session and all ministers from all presbyteries that comprise the Church ( excluding ministers and elders from the independent ARP Synods of Mexico and Pakistan ).

In the North American Lutheran tradition, General Synod refers to a church body which existed from 1820-1918.

The tsar's most influential adviser was Konstantin Pobedonostsev, tutor to Alexander III and his son Nicholas, and procurator of the Holy Synod from 1880 to 1895.

During the consultations on 21 May an earthquake occurred ; the participants were terrified and wished to break up the assembly, but Courtenay declared the earthquake a favorable sign which meant the purification of the earth from erroneous doctrine, and the result of the " Earthquake Synod " was assured.

Although the Synod of 731 had adjudicated in this matter in favour of Grado, Gregory was forced to reprimand the Patriarch of Aquileia, Calixtus, who had attempted to gain possession of the Island of Barbana from Grado ’ s jurisdiction.

The Coronis had been primarily prepared for the Synod of Dort, which sat from 13 November 1618 until 9 May 1619.

* The Synod of Rathbreasail marks the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan structure.

Celtic Christianity was introduced into Northumbria and Mercia by monks from Ireland, but the Synod of Whitby settled the choice for Roman Christianity.

* March – The Synod of Jerusalem brings together bishops and representatives from the whole of Eastern Orthodox Christendom to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of Protestantism.

On 7 November 680, a mere 37 bishops and a number of presbyters convened in the imperial palace, in the domed hall called Trullo, from which the council also took the name Trullan Synod.