ecclesial

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As long as an issue is ecclesial, biblical, and theological, it must concern the General Church.

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  1. Ecclesiatical. Our ecclesial and political choices. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. It is not the part of a King … to meddle with Ecclesial Government. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xiii.

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  • Catholic bishops of Latin America met in Colombia to discuss not only ecclesial issues, but also challenges the Church faces in narcotics, religious persecution, and the economy. —  Spero News
  • The article is incredibly challenging and intensely thought provoking not only because of its deep and practical ecclesial-centered content, but also because of the name attributed to it! —  Lo-Fi Tribe
  • The local Catholic Worker Blog states: "A former prisoner of conscience for the School of the Americas Watch, Janice's homily will reflect on the connections between sexism and violence, and explore 'waiting on the Spirit' in civil and ecclesial resistance." —  WordPress.com News
  • Women priests would sever apostolic succession, if it had not previously been lost as in other ecclesial communities. —  WordPress.com News
  • It is highly disingenuous, deceptive and intellectually dishonest to take this ecclesial sound bite from 1,500 years ago and treat it as if it is the last definitive word on the subject. —  Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog
 

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  1. from Middle Latin ecclesialis, from Late Latin ecclesia, the church: see ecclesia.
 

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