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  • Synods and conventions exist but they are limited to one denomination.

    Fr. Robert Barron on Protestantism, authority, and Cardinal Newman 2009

  • The following are figures extrapolated from various Christian Synods:

    Pakistan will implode if the US does not leave Afghanistan 2011

  • We Presbyterians don't do that – we'll argue endlessly for decades and generations over the precise wording of a petition, the findings of committees in all the churches in the Presbyteries and Synods, and the final pleas before the GA to reach a prayerful vote.

    Amazing Thread v.2.0 2009

  • With his charismatic personality he has managed to attract much attention in some international gatherings in recent years, most notably in the last two Synods of Bishops.

    FABC to call for the use of Asian symbols, melodies and values at Mass 2009

  • With his charismatic personality he has managed to attract much attention in some international gatherings in recent years, most notably in the last two Synods of Bishops.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • So whereas the General Synod of the Church of England meets 2 or 3 times a year, there are provinces where Synods meet once every 3 years.

    Final press conference at the Lambeth Conference 2008

  • Bishops and Synods in the Church of England have pronounced on every issue from glue sniffing to the hydrogen bomb these last twenty-five years.

    More Bishop Bashing Laban 2005

  • Bishops and Synods in the Church of England have pronounced on every issue from glue sniffing to the hydrogen bomb these last twenty-five years.

    Archive 2005-09-18 Laban 2005

  • Recent UCC General Synods have urged support for reconciliation efforts by church leaders like Ricardo, rather than an increasingly militarized response that has only served to escalate the violence.

    The Rev. Chuck Currie: 2004

  • Recent UCC General Synods have urged support for reconciliation efforts by church leaders like Ricardo, rather than an increasingly militarized response that has only served to escalate the violence.

    Colombian Leader Threatened 2004

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