Synod的意思|Synod的解释-里氏词典

synod ['sinәd]

n. 教会会议, 会议

synod

[ noun ]
a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
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Synod \Syn"od\ (s[i^]n"[u^]d), n. [L. synodus, Gr. sy`nodos a
meeting; sy`n with + "odo`s a way; cf. AS. sino[eth],
seno[eth], F. synode, both from the Latin.]
1. (Eccl. Hist.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to
consult on church matters.

Note: Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical,
which are composed of bishops from different nations;
-- commonly called general council. 2. National,
composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial,
in which the bishops of only one province meet; --
called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which
the bishop of the diocese or his representative
presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of
several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the
ministers and a ruling elder from each parish.

2. An assembly or council having civil authority; a
legislative body.

It hath in solemn synods been decreed,
Both by the Syracusians and ourselves,
To admit no traffic to our adverse towns. --Shak.

Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove!
And you, bright synod of the powers above. --Dryden.

3. (Astron.) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly
bodies. [R.] --Milton.

Women are already teaching in some seminaries, but observers said the synod recommendation could make their use more widespread.
He noted that bishops from China, Vietnam and Laos were missing from the gathering, and said he hoped they would join the synod later.
"I have no intention of giving any such undertaking as that for which the synod has asked," Mackay said in a statement issued from his office in London.
It said the synod's standing committee suggested it choose a figure. "We believe that not less than 24 is about right," the report said.
The synod is expected to focus on the difficulty in maintaining the church's rules that priests be celibate and foresake marriage "in a world characterized by eroticism," as a working document put it.
The synod, an advisory body that meets to discuss major issues in the Roman Catholic Church, was called by John Paul to discuss the formation of priests.
Five years ago: In a surprise announcement, Pope John Paul II said he was convening a synod of Roman Catholic bishops to review the results of the Second Vatican Council.
The agreement to lease and subsequently purchase the building from the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. is subject to approval by the denomination's general synod in July to move the headquarters from New York.
I want to assure synod that these will be examined closely by the Church Commissioners and others concerned.
"A lot of young people live in confusion about their faith," said Archbishop Jan Schotte, secretary-general of the bishops' synod.
"For the Afrikaner, the church is No. 1," says Willie Lubbe, a Pretoria theologian who is orchestrating the clamor of those against the synod decisions and against reform in general.
Sauer is a former vice president of the synod.
The decision won't become final until the church's next synod in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1989, said spokeswoman Martha Gotwals.
The Christian Reformed Church's governing synod has voted to tentatively allow the ordination of women as ministers and elders.
The document, "The Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People," is the pontiff's response to issues raised by Roman Catholic bishops from around the world at the 1987 synod on the laity at the Vatican.
John Paul said the synod would be held "at a not-too-distant date."
Potgieter also said the document was not official church policy, which must be decided by the church's synod.
The proposal required the received two-thirds majority in the three voting groups at the synod - the bishops, the laity and the clergy.
Other resolutions address evangelism, a possible synod name change to reflect its international scope, a task force on black ministry, urban ministry planning and outreach to Jewish people.
An all-male synod voted 242-137 for the proposal after two hours of debate, the independent South African Press Association reported.
"We share much with those with whom we disagree fundamentally," he told the new synod's first legislative meeting, which approved a $700,000 budget for 1990, and made plans to expand its influence among congregations.
The synod apparently will map strategy to meet the pope's vision of a Europe united on the basis of its Christian roots, rejecting the materialist Communist concepts that prevailed in the East as well as the consumeristic-minded Western model.
Several said during the synod that such a change would help resolve the shortage of priests in certain countries.
The move from New York City to Cleveland was voted in July by the church's legislative general synod.
But a proposal already on the synod floor would scrap the committees' recommendation and move two of the New York UCC offices to the third office at the Interchurch Center, which houses 65 church and other non-profit organizations.
It said the last synod debate on the subject in 1987 showed that numbers of churchpeople disapproved of it but that was no longer an adequate response.

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