Excerpt from Histoire des Conciles d'Après les Documents Originaux<br/><br/>Ces deux mots synonymes concilium et dévo80ç pris en eux mêmes désignent une réunion quelconque; dans le sens d'une assemblée ecclésiastique, c'est  à -dire d'une réunion des princi peux de l'église, régulièrement convoqués pour délibérer et prendre des décisions sur les afi'aires religieuses, le mot. Concilium ne se trouve pour la première fois que dans Tertullien et celui de m5vod0ç dans les Canons apostoliques' les Constitutions apos toliques donnent encore le nom de cüvodoç aux réunions ordi naires des chrétiens pour assister au culte divin.
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