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Conciliarism vs Conciliarist - What's the difference?

conciliarism | conciliarist |

As nouns the difference between conciliarism and conciliarist

is that conciliarism is the doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is a church council (rather than a pope) while conciliarist is a believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the church is found in ecclesiastical councils.

conciliarism

English

(wikipedia conciliarism)

Noun

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  • The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is a church council (rather than a pope).

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    conciliarist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the Church is found in ecclesiastical councils.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 561:
    • Conciliarists never achieved consensus as to how to define the Church or account for the authority of a council.