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Parish Councils Act
Parish Councils Act, 1894 (more properly the Local Government Act). The Act completed the great reform of local government in the 19th cent. Towns had been given elected councils by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 and County Councils had been established in 1888. There had been considerable... Read more |
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Third Council of Constantinople
Third Council of Constantinople 680, regarded by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches as the sixth ecumenical council. It was convoked by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV to deal with Monotheletism . The council was attended by more than 150 bishops from all over the world, and it was... Read more |
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Council of Pisa
Council of Pisa 1409, unrecognized council of the Roman Catholic Church. It was summoned to end the Great Schism (see Schism, Great ) by members of the colleges of cardinals of the two rivals, Gregory XII (in Rome) and Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna , in Avignon). The plan was to depose both men... Read more |
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First Council of Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea 325, 1st ecumenical council, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine the Great to solve the problems raised by Arianism . It has been said that 318 persons attended, but a more likely number is 225, including every Eastern bishop of importance, four Western bishops (among... Read more |
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Security Council
SECURITY COUNCIL The April 1991 law creating the office of president of the Russian Federation also created a Security Council, succeeding the security council created by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in November 1990 and presumably modeled after the National Security Council in the United... Read more |
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National Indian Youth Council
NATIONAL INDIAN YOUTH COUNCIL NATIONAL INDIAN YOUTH COUNCIL. The National Indian Youth Council, an all-Indian organization, was started in 1961 by Indian college students and recent college graduates. The council is more militant than the National Congress of American Indians, which it has... Read more |
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British Council
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Apostolic Council
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Council of Basle
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