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    The Synod of Elvira (Latin: Concilium Eliberritanum, Spanish: Concilio de Elvira) was an ecclesiastical synod held at Elvira in the Roman province of Hispania...
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    The early Christian Synod of Elvira prohibited interreligious marriage, teaching that "such marriages lead to the adultery of the soul." Certain Christian...
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    Synod of Elvira 305 Synod of Ancyra 314 (about bestiality, broken down by age-group) First Synod of Tyre and Jerusalem 335 Synod of Gangra 340 Synod of...
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    provincial Synod of Elvira (his name appearing second in the list of those present), and upheld its severe canons concerning such points of discipline...
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    Eusebius of Caesarea (d. c. 339) disapproved of portrayals in images of Jesus. [citation needed] The 36th canon of the non-ecumenical Synod of Elvira in 306...
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    Granada (redirect from Elvira, Spain)
    century. An important Christian synod circa 300 AD, the Synod of Elvira, took place near this area (the name Elvira being derived from the name Iliberri)...
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    Chastity (redirect from Vow of chastity)
    or promise celibacy as one of the evangelical counsels. In 306, the Synod of Elvira proscribed clergy from marrying. This was unevenly enforced until the...
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    his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which...
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  • preaching of the Christian faith in Spain, but many scholars [who?] doubt the historicity of James' presence in Spain. Canons of the Synod of Elvira (circa...
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    with their wives is in the fourth-century decrees of the Synod of Elvira and the later Council of Carthage (390). According to some writers, this presumed...
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    places of worship and Christian homes. The Synod of Elvira (306 AD - 312 AD) "prohibited the exhibition of images in churches". However, since the 3rd...
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  • Council'. Similar pronouncements on the issue of religious images may had been made in the Synod of Elvira (c. 305) whose canon 36 states: "Pictures are...
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  • canon of the Synod of Elvira (c. 305), against the practice of making a donation following a baptism.: 60  Following the Edict of Milan (313), the increased...
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    feast of Easter or Pentecost. Some[who?] believe that the much-disputed forty-third decree of the Synod of Elvira (c. 300) condemning the practice of observing...
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  • of 264 the Councils of Arabia of 246–247 the Synod of Elvira of 306 the Council of Carthage of 311 the Synod of Neo-Caesarea of c. 314 the Synod of Ancyra...
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  • Mistress of the Dark Elvira, a genus of flowering plants now transferred to Delilia Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (disambiguation) Synod of Elvira, an ecclesiastical...
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  • an edict of Constantine; but delating lasted till the end of the 4th century. The term delatores was used by the Hispanian Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to...
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    Rotunda of Galerius built in Thessaloniki (Macedonia). The War of the Eight Princes ends in China. The Synod of Elvira concludes with the issue of various...
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  • celibacy of the Western Church (Synod of Elvira, c.  305 can. xxxiii) states that the discipline of celibacy is to refrain from the use of marriage,...
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    his son Manasseh. Scattered expressions of opposition to the use of images have been reported: the Synod of Elvira appeared to endorse iconoclasm; Canon...
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    form of sexual crime and on the making of abortion drugs: the early 4th-century Synod of Elvira imposed denial of communion even at the point of death...
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    non-ecumenical Synod of Elvira (c. 305) bishops concluded, "Pictures are not to be placed in churches, so that they do not become objects of worship and...
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  • time was that a couple's children would follow the religion of the father. The Synod of Elvira forbade Christian parents who permitted their daughters to...
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    Jesus (redirect from Jesus of Nazareth)
    Retrieved 14 August 2015. Synod of Elvira, 'Pictures are not to be placed in churches, so that they do not become objects of worship and adoration', AD...
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    active role in the social and economic life of the province. The edicts of the Synod of Elvira, provide evidence of Jews who were integrated enough into the...
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  • subintroductae and the practice of spiritual marriage was the Council of Antioch (268), and this stance was reiterated at the Synod of Elvira in 300 (Canon 27: "a...
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    there was a written record opposing religious images. The Spanish Synod of Elvira Canon 36 states, "It has seemed good that images should not be in churches...
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  • his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which...
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    province. The edicts of the Synod of Elvira, although early examples of priesthood-inspired anti-Semitism, provide evidence of Jews who were integrated...
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    non-ecumenical Synod of Elvira (c. 305) bishops concluded, "Pictures are not to be placed in churches, so that they do not become objects of worship and...
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