Conciliarity is the adherence of various Christian communities to the authority of ecumenical councils and to synodal church governance . It is not to be confused with conciliarism , which is a particular historical movement within the Catholic Church . Different churches interpret conciliarity in different ways.
6-589: [REDACTED] Look up conciliar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Conciliar may refer to: Conciliarity , conciliar authority Conciliarism , a movement in Roman Catholicism emphasising conciliarity Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Conciliar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-478: A national level, there is the episcopal conference , regulating national issues. These conferences do not, however, exercise authority over particular dioceses. Churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion view ecumenical councils as the supreme norm of government. Protestant communities tend to deny or downplay the authority of ecumenical councils, though many do adhere to synodal government. This
18-497: Is essentially monarchical , both on a papal and episcopal level. Catholic doctrine does regard ecumenical councils as legitimate but extraordinary sources of authority. They can only be called by a pope. A pope can prorogue a council (as Pius IX prorogued the First Vatican Council in 1871). If a pope dies in the middle of a council the council immediately loses its source of authority. His successor must renew
24-495: The council, as happened when Pope Paul VI succeeded Pope John XXIII in 1963, when the Second Vatican Council was sitting. The decisions of an ecumenical council do not become authoritative until approved by the pope. Popes are not bound by the decisions of ecumenical councils, nor by the mandate to implement a council's decisions. However, since the decrees of an ecumenical council are regarded as expressing
30-465: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conciliar&oldid=998477635 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Conciliarity The government of the Catholic Church
36-461: The mind of the Church and of Jesus Christ, a pope would not normally ignore a council. The decisions of ecumenical councils, approved by the pope, are binding upon all the clergy and laity , subject to papal regulation. Lesser councils also play a part in the governance of the Catholic Church. The Synod of Bishops is an assembly of bishops which advise the pope in the government of the Church. On
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