Synodos

Japanese: synodos
Synodos

The term synod is a permanent assembly of bishops in the Eastern Orthodox Church, but it is especially used to refer to the highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church. Its origin is from the Greek word synodos (meaning "assembly"). In the Byzantine Church, the synod was established around the 10th century as an advisory body to the Patriarch of Constantinople and as an executive body of the church, but it did not develop into a powerful organization like the Papacy.

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Japanese:

…キリスト教東方正教会における常設の主教会議のことであるが,特にロシア正教会の最高統治機関を指す。語源はギリシア語シュノドスsynodos(〈集り〉の意)。ビザンティン教会においては,コンスタンティノープル総主教の諮問機関および教会行政執行機関としてのシノドが10世紀ごろには確立したが,これはローマ教皇庁のような強力な組織には発展しなかった。…

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