synod
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Pastor Marlin, 57, said the Protestant synod also helps in cases of violence against women and children "if the victims speak up".
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Bishop of Blackburn Philip North - who tabled the amendment slimming down the choice put before the synod to one option - argued that the simpler model could be implemented more quickly.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
All of the synod members voted on each of 151 proposals.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
And on the eve of Francis’ big meeting of bishops last month, known as a synod, Burke presided over a counter-synod of sorts just steps away from St. Peter’s Square.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
This latter practice was ineradicable, however, and twenty years later another synod was compelled to repeat the command.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
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World Religions
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