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Councils and synods
synods. A synod is a meeting of clergy, or clergy and laity, convened to discuss and decide upon matters of doctrine, church policy, and discipline. The meeting of bishops and representatives of the churches in the early centuries, the ecumenical councils, formulated through decree agreed statements... Read more |
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Fourth Lateran Council
Fourth Lateran Council 1215, 12th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened at the Lateran Palace, Rome, by Pope Innocent III to crown the work of his pontificate. It was one of the most important councils ever held, and its canons sum up Innocent's ideas for the church. They... Read more |
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nuclear physics
nuclear physics study of the components, structure, and behavior of the nucleus of the atom. It is especially concerned with the nature of matter and with nuclear energy .... Read more |
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matter
matter anything that has mass and occupies space. Matter is sometimes called koinomatter (Gr. koinos =common) to distinguish it from antimatter, or matter composed of antiparticles . The Properties of Matter The general properties of matter result from its relationship with mass and space.... Read more |
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white matter
white matter That part of the nervous system which is composed mainly of the fibres or axons of nerve cells, most of which are covered by whitish, fatty sheaths (composed of myelin), hence appearing white in freshly-cut brain or spinal cord. The axons in the white matter are responsible for... Read more |
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interstellar matter
interstellar matter matter in a galaxy between the stars, known also as the interstellar medium. Distribution of Interstellar Matter Compared to the size of an entire galaxy, stars are virtually points, so that the region occupied by the interstellar matter constitutes nearly all the physical... Read more |
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United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a merger of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches (see Congregationalism ) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church . The constitution for the new body was adopted in July, 1961, thus completing the... Read more |
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Bernardino Telesio
Telesio, Bernardino (1509–88), Italian humanist. In 1566 he founded a scientific academy at Naples. His doctrines were based on an extreme empiricism, but he built up a speculative system in which the Aristotelian doctrine of matter and form was replaced by one of matter and force.... Read more |
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rheology
rheology , branch of physics dealing with the deformation and flow of matter. It is particularly concerned with the properties of matter that determine its behavior when a mechanical force is exerted on it. Rheology is distinguished from fluid dynamics (see fluid mechanics ) in that it is... Read more |
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End of the universe (Cosmology)
Big Crunch Theory The Big Crunch Theory is made possible by Big Bang cosmology, which states that all matter in the universe is now racing away from all other matter. If there is enough matter in the universe to create a gravitational force sufficient to bring this movement to a halt and to... Read more |
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religion
...ever be supported, had been a matter of public debate in western...conflict subsequently became a matter for regret amongst Christian leaders. A commitment...development of a (Protestant) ecumenical movement. A celebrated conference...with wide international and ... |
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James VI
...parliamentary taxes like impositions made matters worse and led to the failure of the ‘Addled...still needed to exercise restraint. Matters improved considerably after 1620...the archetypal catholic ruler. This ecumenical approach to international politics baffled... |
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synods
...convened to discuss and decide upon matters of doctrine, church policy, and discipline...churches in the early centuries, the ecumenical councils, formulated through decree...assemblies, to debate and to rule on matters of current concern. Today in the Church... |
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Methodism
...century, other denominations emerged from Methodism over matters of polity and theology and social issues. Race also divided the...Methodism played major roles in the promotion of the Protestant ecumenical movement and the Social Gospel even as it coped with secularization... |
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protestantism
...anxious to stress the role of individual conscience in religious matters. The common protestant ground was rejection of papal authority...cent., falling membership, financial problems, and a more ecumenical spirit prompted a number of protestant reunions—the Free... |
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Gregg, John Allen FitzGerald
...competent in the financial affairs of the church, as he was in matters theological. He was a robust exponent of the Church of Ireland...courteous in debate with Rome, and strongly opposed to any ecumenical involvement with Protestant churches that would, in his opinion... |
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James VI
...parliamentary taxes like impositions made matters worse and led to the failure of the ‘Addled’ Parliament. Matters improved considerably after 1620, when...daughter of the king of Spain. This ecumenical approach to international politics baffled... |
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Liberation Theology
...1984) took the phrase and argument of St Bernard that in matters of the spirit, one must draw first on one's own experience: whereas this has usually, in the past, been a matter of individual process, aimed at an improved interior life, in S. America the experience is...liberation ... |
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protestantism
...anxious to stress the role of individual conscience in religious matters. The common protestant ground was rejection of papal authority...cent., falling membership, financial problems, and a more ecumenical spirit prompted a number of protestant reunions, but though... |
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Temple, William
...Christian archbishop of Canterbury, prominent worker for social and ecumenical ends. He was ordained in 1910, retaining reflective doubts...incarnation, where the highest possibility of the union of matter, life, mind, and spirit is displayed—and enacted.Yet... |
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wine
...was generally revived in the 19th cent. (see MIXED CHALICE). A conscientious abstinence from wine has led to the use of unfermented grape-juice by Nonconformists; the matter has sometimes been an issue in ecumenical discussions. |
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Vatican Council, Second
...1869–70), and to bring the Church up to date in all matters of teaching and organization, with the ultimate goal of Christian...social communication. Most importantly, they established the ecumenical dialogue with other Christian denominations, reduced the... |
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The ecumenical matter of learning French
...out of a tough situation: "Now that would be an ecumenical matter." I handed my homework up with a smile; the teacher...replied with a sarcastic smile that "it would be an ecumenical matter"; some of them really are just too sharp. I... |
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An ecumenical matter
...novel were it not for the fact that the matter discussed is not fictional but real and...dean proposes? The resolution of this matter would seem to rest initially with the...considered and implemented in a wider ecumenical context. - Yours, etc, DAVID FitzPATRICK... |
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An ecumenical matter for St Patrick's
...of the Dean of St Patrick's plan for a development of the ecumenical role of the cathedral (Patsy McGarry, Home News, October...the Church Constitution specifically states, "All other matters relating to the cathedral and not otherwise provided for shall... |
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How will the church survive? That would be an ecumenical matter
...Bavarian capital hosted Germany's second ecumenical Kirchentagor church congress around...ponder their next move before the next ecumenical church day in 2017 - 500 years after...The overwhelming sense as Munich's ecumenical church congress ended was that, on... |
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Wellies, ceilis, poetry and paisti as Picnic proves an ecumenical matter
Frank McNally rounds up the weekend at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois FOR THE ever-growing number of Electric Picnickers aged 12 and under, the stand-out act at this year's festival was Mud. Not the 1970s glam rock band, of Tiger Feetand other hits: those are one of the few retro acts |
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The ecumenical identity of the Lutheran World Federation. (The World Council...
...existence inherently anti-ecumenical, no matter what its ecumenical resolutions might say. Others...confessionalism but also a matter of historical circumstance...world level furthers wider ecumenical progress; sometimes it doesn... |
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One movement, many visions?(Special Section on the North American Academy of...
...introduction to the Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement can provide us with...points: "At its best, the ecumenical movement has been a search...leads ... It has not been a matter, on the one hand, of creating...1) "At its best the ecumenical movement has ... |
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Ecumenical dialogue: a necessity of our era and the inner source of the renewal.
...conservative or liberal positions. "Ecumenical dialogue is the common sharing...to the current situation of ecumenical dialogue, it can be affirmed...attention by participants in the ecumenical dialogue, no matter how painful or difficult... |
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ECCLESIAL IDENTITY AND ECUMENICAL DECISIONS IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.).
...have not followed his lead in all matters, but his ecumenical impulse has endured through the centuries...the denomination's leadership in ecumenical initiatives. Alongside actions that deepen ecumenical engagement are actions that seem... |
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In search of a viable ecumenical movement: some personal reflections and...
...cooperation between the churches on matters of mission, witness and service...more importantly, the modern ecumenical movement was set up to offer...essay I use the expression ecumenical movement sometimes in the...privileged instrument of the ecumenical ... |
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