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	Ecumenical council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Christianity, an ecumenical council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice.
		Council of Siena, (1423–1424) de-listed as the result was later branded a heresy; is the high point of conciliarism, emphasizing the leadership of the bishops gathered in council.
		Council of Trent, (1545–1563, discontinuously); response to the challenges of Calvinism and Lutheranism, imposition of uniformity in liturgy in the Roman Rite (the "Tridentine Mass"), clearly defined canon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ecumenical_Councils (2476 words)

	Council of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Council of Jerusalem" is a name applied in retrospect to a meeting described in Acts of the Apostles chapter 15.
		Though it doesn't mention a council, its title strongly suggests it is meant to represent the decree of that council.
		The earliest reaction to the so-called Council of Jerusalem was that of Paul himself, in his Epistle to Galatians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_of_Jerusalem (1545 words)

	COUNCIL - LoveToKnow Article on COUNCIL
		In the New Testament, council is the rendering of the Hebrew Sanhcdrin, Gr.
		They were held annually in Cappadocia by the middle of the 3rd century, and the council of Nicaea commanded in 325 that semiannual synods be held in every province, an arrangement which was not systematically enforced, and was altered in 692, \fhen the Trullan Council reduced the number to one a year.
		These four councils had enjoyed a more or less fortuitous pre-eminence both in Roman and in canon law, and by many Catholics at the tithe of the Reformation were regarded, along with the three great creeds (Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian), as a sort of irreducible minimum of orthodoxy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/COUNCIL.htm (3995 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: General Councils
		Councils are legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline.
		The council's dignity is, therefore, not diminished, but increased, by the definition of papal infallibility, nor does that definition imply a "circular demonstration" by which the council would make the pope infallible and the pope would render the same service to the council.
		The Councils of Constance and of Basle affirmed with great emphasis that an Ecumenical council is superior in authority to the pope, and French theologians have adopted that proposition as one of the famous four Gallican Liberties.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04423f.htm (12462 words)

	Diocese of Mississippi: Council
		The Annual Council of the Diocese of Mississippi is usually held during the Season of Epiphany, either January or February.
		With the bishop, the Council is given all temporal powers of the Diocese, except those delegated to some officer, agency, or committee during the interim between Councils.
		Members of the Council consist of the Bishop, all clergy who are canonically resident within the Diocese, and lay delegates who represent the missions and parishes in union with the Diocese.
	www.dioms.org /council.html (1020 words)

	FORWARD : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		JERUSALEM — Mayor Ehud Olmert and Israel's Interior Ministry, controlled by the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, are blocking a homosexual, an Israeli Arab and a conservative rabbi known for his left-leaning politics from joining the Jerusalem City Council.
		In response to the refusal to accept the three new council members, Jerusalem Now, the local party that is sponsoring them, petitioned Israel's Supreme Court Thursday to compel the Interior Ministry to accept the three appointees.
		Jerusalem Now, a splinter group of the leftist Meretz party, was founded in 1998 by Ornan Kutiel as a liberal alternative to the ultra-Orthodox parties that hold sway in the municipality.
	www.forward.com /issues/2002/02.11.15/news4.html (467 words)

	Toward Jerusalem Council II
		Toward Jerusalem Council II is an initiative of repentance and reconciliation between the Jewish and Gentile segments of the Church.
		Within this process toward a second Council of Jerusalem there would be a gathering in Jerusalem as representative of churches/ denominations and continents as possible for the purpose of issuing a call to the whole Christian world for the recognition of the church of the circumcision at a second Council of Jerusalem.
		The vision of a second Council of Jerusalem resonated profoundly with Dan Juster, who as one of the scholar-teachers of the Messianic movement, was acutely aware of the need for the Churches to recognize the “resurrected church” of the Jewish believers in Jesus.
	www.seekgod.ca /jerusalem2.htm (5822 words)

	Purpose
		Through Jerusalem Council gatherings around the country between now and July 2005 we prepare ourselves for a Senate vote in August 2005 on a proposed Bylaws amendment related to that issue and presented by the Pacific Southwest Ministers Council.
		Jerusalem Councils are now being scheduled and that information will be provided on this website.
		The goal is to hold each Jerusalem Council at a site with ABC membership in the surrounding area that includes persons of different perspectives on the biblical witness concerning homosexuality.
	www.ministerscouncil.com /JerusalemCouncilProcess/Purpose.aspx (308 words)

	Introduction - 66th IFLA Council and General Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		It is to these goals - international, multilingual, multicultural co-operation throughout the library and information community - that the 66th IFLA Conference in Jerusalem commits itself and invites all of its colleagues throughout the world to participate, contribute and celebrate in Jerusalem in the year 2000.
		Jerusalem, the venue of the conference, is best characterised by its name - Yerushalayim - in Hebrew, which means "city of peace".
		Jerusalem is the most suitable setting for the 66th IFLA Conference, especially in the year 2000, the start of a new millenium and a new beginning.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla66/66intro.htm (369 words)

	The Church's Progress to the Council of Jerusalem
		The seriousness with which the Jerusalem believers viewed the conversion of Samaritans is reflected by the sending of two of the most influential members of "The Twelve" (Peter and John, presumably both "Hebraic") to "investigate" the matter.
		I have dealt at length with the Church of Jerusalem during this period in my doctoral thesis "The History and Influence of the Church of Jerusalem, A.D. 30-100: An Investigation of the Growth of Internal Factions and the Extension of its Influence in the Larger Church." (Presented to the University of Manchester, England, 1969.
		Peter's action, combined with his position in the Jerusalem community, was a significant expression of acceptance of the gospel of non-circumcision to the Gentiles and their full acceptance into the fellowship.
	www.wheaton.edu /DistanceLearning/Progress.htm (7878 words)

	The Decree of the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
		In the story-flow of Acts, the Jerusalem council resolves crucial issues and enables the gentile mission to go forward with the approval of the Jerusalem church.
		The council helps portray the unity of the church and helps explain the church's transformation from being essentially Jewish toward being a predominantly gentile community freed from laws characteristic of Judaism.
		Despite the crucial role of the Acts 15 council, despite the crucial role of the council's decree, and despite numerous detailed studies, the council and decree remain controversial in several respects.
	www.wcg.org /lit/bible/acts/decree1.htm (2626 words)

	Council of Jerusalem
		The Council of Jerusalem is the clearest New Testament example of a pastoral question between deliberated and settled by a group specially convened for the purpose.
		We will see that the main characteristics of the Jerusalem Council are not quantifiable features such as how many members it had or how often they met, but rather less tangible features such as the engagement of members and the profundity of the matter they discussed.
		The Jerusalem Council suggests that, although James and Cephas enjoyed the authority of apostles who had seen Jesus, and although they were the acknowledged leaders of the Church, they were not the only authorities at the council.
	users.adelphia.net /~markfischer/A20.htm (2494 words)

	Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This phrasing, and especially the apposition of 'presbyteroi' and 'adelphoi', is quite precise in establishing the authority of the decision of the Council in the office of the ministers who serve and lead the Church, as opposed to a democratic process.
		Recalling that the leadership of the Council was comprised of the apostles who were planting local churches in the Hellenistic world, delegates of the Hellenistic churches, and the presbyters of the church at Jerusalem, we can only rightly conclude that they spoke in the name of the universal Church.
		The decree of the Council of Jerusalem went on, then, to establish a binding obligation upon all Christians in the local churches of Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: "that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality" (Acts 15:29).
	members.aol.com /uticacw/baptist/church1.html (1018 words)

	Council of Jerusalem
		If the Council of Jerusalem of Acts 15 is that visit which Paul refers to in Galatians 2:2,54 one of the reasons Paul went to have the dispute settled was, "for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain".
		It would appear Jerusalem felt they had authority to make such a ruling for the church beyond Judea, undoubtedly because of the number of original apostles who were still there.101 They encourage the acceptance of their ruling, saying that "you will do well" to avoid these four designated areas.
		The Council of Jerusalem fits into the centre of the book of Acts, and was a vital event in unifying the church in Jerusalem with the fast growing Gentile church in Antioch and beyond.
	churches.wcg.org /hobart-au/Acts15.htm (10081 words)

	PASSIA: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs - Jerusalem
		What we must achieve as a working goal in Jerusalem in the next three or four years, is the extension of political influence and authority to the temporary Palestinian government to include, if not to be centralised in, Jerusalem.
		The Council is made up of nine departments, and new departments may be added to it in the future.
		The members of the Executive Bureau be elected by secret ballot in the general meeting of the assembly of the Founding Council on the 18th November 1993 at the Orient House.
	www.passia.org /jerusalem/meetings/93/J9.htm (1377 words)

	The Jerusalem Council
		Atlanta, GA The Council at Jerusalem, as recorded in Acts 15, marks a turning point in the history of the Church.
		The decree from Jerusalem, according to Acts, is for Gentile believers; and what Paul contended for in Jerusalem, according to his letter, was the freedom of Gentile believers, not of Jewish believers.
		The Council at Jerusalem had agreed that the Gentile Christians were NOT bound by the Sabbath laws, or anything else other than the four items on their list.
	userwww.service.emory.edu /~cmadd01/acts15.html (5990 words)

	Decree of the Council of Jerusalem, part 2: The Decree
		But a major conclusion of the Acts 15 council was that gentiles did not have to become proselytes, so it would be confusing for the decree to quote, without clarification, proselytos laws.
		If the council were discussing alien laws and chose only four, the Sabbath and annual festivals were specifically excluded — not required for gentiles.
		Rather, the council concluded that gentiles did not have to look to the law of Moses for a description of Christian conduct.
	www.angelfire.com /md/mdmorrison/nt/Decree2.html (2922 words)

	The Jerusalem Council: The Cross-Cultural Challenge . . .
		Peter's mission along the Coastal Plain of the Land of Israel was among Jews in frequent contact with Gentiles and therefore under suspicion by the strict practioners of the Jewish life-style in Jerusalem and the secluded Hill Country.
		It is little wonder that the convocation in Jerusalem moved immediately to face some of the practical implications that its theological conclusions would inevitably raise in predominately Jewish communities.
		Hence, Luke asserts that the Jerusalem Council acknowledged the principle of salvation by grace through faith as the soteriological position of the Church.
	www.wheaton.edu /DistanceLearning/Jer-coun.htm (6118 words)

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		We, members of the civil society in Jerusalem are writing to you to voice our concern regarding the fact that until today the elections procedures for the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council Elections in Jerusalem remain unclear.
		We are writing to you in your capacity as the heads of the official observation delegations and take the opportunity to remind you of the reports you produced on the presidential elections that took place in January 2005.
		We, as members of civil society in Jerusalem, call on you to intervene with the Israeli authorities in order ensure that the procedures in Jerusalem guarantee free, honest and democratic elections.
	www.pngo.net /statments/PLC_Elections_Jerusalem_23_11_05.htm (486 words)

	For Jim: The Council At Jerusalem - The Good News Café (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Council involved more than one church and the decree arrived at was delivered by Paul, Luke, and company wherever they went.
		While you will not find New Testament scriptures presenting a hierarchical structure, you will find hierarchical structure in the writing of the “church fathers” of the early 2nd century which were the seeds leading to the construction of the doctrine of the assembly at Rome as the hierarchical head of the church.
		The reason this matter (another gospel that was being preached by some men from the Jerusalem assembly to the Antioch assembly) was sent to the Jerusalem assembly by the Antioch assembly is given in Acts 15:1 and 24.
	www.goodnewscafe.net /showthread.php?t=626 (1889 words)

	Bible Study - Council at Jerusalem
		The apostolic gathering that has come to be known as the Council at Jerusalem took place about 50 A.D., 20 years after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
		It was called to deal with the question of the extent to which Gentiles were to adhere to the physical requirements of the Mosaic law.
		So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria [see Bible Places], reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000730.htm (687 words)

	Acts 15-What Was the Objective of the Jerusalem Council? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		ACTS 15:4 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them.
		Upon reaching Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas reported all that God had done through them among the Gentiles to the apostles, elders, and the whole congregation (at this point, there obviously had not yet been a division into laity and clergy).
		This was the decision from James and the Jerusalem Council for the Gentiles in Antioch.
	users.aristotle.net /~bhuie/acts15.htm (4463 words)

	Jerusalem, Security Council Resolution 267
		Confirms that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel which purport to alter the status of Jerusalem, including expropriation of land and properties thereon, are invalid and cannot change that status;
		Requests Israel to inform the Security Council without any further delay of its intentions with regard to the implementation of the provisions of the present resolution;
		Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the implementation of the present resolution.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/unres267.html (276 words)

	THE APOSTOLIC COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM
		At this stage, in late autumn 49, was held the Apostolic Council of Jerusalem.
		Therefore this apostolic council should be interpreted in the light of prevailing Jewish precepts.
		The apostolic council was divided into Peter's speech (15:7-12), James's proposed solution (15:13-21) and the apostles' "unanimous" decision, which Judas Barsabbas and Silas delivered in writing to the Gentile Christian churches (15:23-29).
	www.kolumbus.fi /hjussila/rsla/Paul/paul11.html (2659 words)

	Paul and Council of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Council of Jerusalem has freed all gentile Christians from all allegiance to any and all law.
		The Council gave us our freedom, Paul explained to us our freedom, and now we are called upon to exercise this freedom in utter faith by granting our blessing to the homosexual union.
		If the Council has given us freedom in the name of Christ, I think we ought to take advantage of the situation and use this freedom for the sake of that same Christ in our present, equally troubled world.
	www.mindspring.com /~kantwesley/Letters/2004/Letter_040208_.html (554 words)

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