Here were held the great provincial and plenary councils, which guided the church's expansion as waves of immigrants came to these shores in search of a better life.

He was taken to Rodarred, the seat of the Council of World Governments, to address the plenary council of that body.

It should be remarked that the first seven provincial councils of Baltimore were practically, though not formally, plenary councils of the United States.

The ecumenical councils or synods are called plenary councils by Augustine of Hippo, as they form a complete representation of the entire Church.

These comitia cleri Gallicani were not really plenary councils.

It is not uncommon for the pope to send from Rome a special delegate to preside over plenary councils.

Decrees of plenary councils must be submitted, before promulgation, for the confirmation, recognition and revision of the Holy See.

He later presided over a plenary council of the Korean bishops.

The earliest a plenary council would be held is three years from now, and the bishops will not even decide whether to move forward on the proposal for at least a year.

There have been three plenary councils before in the United States, all in the 19th century, all in Baltimore.