consentient

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Even the generally consentient voice of Doctors and Fathers, as far as it could be ascertained, was held to be of the same authoritative kind.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

Sound in doctrine according to the consentient testimony of Scripture and the Church.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

And not only were they absolutely unanimous in regard to the Person, but they were unbrokenly consentient in regard to the facts of His life, His death, and His Resurrection.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

No such evidence exists for the lions; for the phenomena of so-called spiritualism, we have consentient testimony in every land, period and stage of culture. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew