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See: board, conference, meeting CONSISTORY, ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the
pope. The consistory is public or secret. It is public, when the pope
receives princes or gives audience to ambassadors; secret, when he fills
vacant sees, proceeds to the canonization of saints, or judges and settles
certain contestations submitted to him.
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New attention was paid to Lutheran doctrine, and a revival of an awareness of Lutheran identity led to the building of new Lutheran congregations and to remarkable renewals, such as the appearance of women in consistories and ministries. In preceding consistories, the Holy Father has already surpassed the limit. During John Paul's pontificate, synods and consistories have been criticized for being tightly managed by the curia and consequently for reflecting the Vatican's agenda rather than the concerns, legitimate interests, and views of the church's bishops. |
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