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It was the highest office in churches with synodal church governance.

They held him for a few days because he insisted on reading from the pulpit the synodal criticism of the government's policy toward the Church.

Another point of controversy related to appeals from synodal decrees.

After finishing school he became a soloist in the Synodal Choir.

A synodal council was summoned to construct a common rule of life to be observed by all monasteries.

Its archbishop, John, subscribed a synodal sentence in 997.

The bishops made Bernard secretary of the council, and charged him with drawing up the synodal statutes.

Synodal examiners and judges for the criminal cases of clerics are also to be constituted.

The emperor ordered the bishops, by synodal decree, to shut themselves up in the monasteries.

He is also remembered as the author of original works including Biblical commentaries, homilies, and synodal letters.

Presbyterian polity or Synodal government - rule by assemblies of ordained officers.

Churchmen lamented the replacement of synodal justice by what they called Justinian's laws.

The Bishop of Cambrai granted synodal rights to the abbots.

On 2 April, a majority approve of a synodal creed rejecting the Trinity.

The Ecumenical Catholic Communion has a synodal model of governance.

He served on the Matrimonial Tribunal as synodal judge and defender of the bond.

In case this candidate has not passed the parish concursus, he must undergo an examination before the synodal examiners.

When the report was ready for synodal sanction against Hoadly, the king dismissed the convocation, which did not meet again for over 130 years.

At Saint-Malo he issued several synodal instructions.

Protestant communities tend to deny or downplay the authority of ecumenical councils, though many do adhere to synodal government.

In practice, therefore, the synodal statutes of various localities must be consulted to discover whether they allow quiet hunting or prohibit it altogether.

The Gereformeerde Kerken have a Presbyterian - Synodal system of church government.

The manuscript of the Old Testament of this revision is in the synodal library at Moscow.

Conciliarity refers to the adherence of various Christian communities to the authority of ecumenical councils and to synodal church government.

In the Hungarian-speaking territories it adopted a governance system that combined the Synodal and Episcopal models.