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Regional synods had been held regularly in the Church of Gaul, more than thirty of them between 314 and 506. [1] The synods listed here (some of which are also referred to as "General synods of the German empire") mark a particularly Germanic development in the Western Church: to the usual regional or provincial councils, Germanic peoples added a traditional element from their systems of ...
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A model for the following Frankish synods was set by Clovis I, who organized the First Council of Orléans (511); though he did not himself attend it, he set the agenda and followed the proceedings closely (at stake was "the unification of the Roman church under Frankish rule"). [15]
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Synod Name Area Bishop Membership Congregations Nebraska Synod Nebraska: Scott Johnson [42] 87,686 [43] 234 [43] Central States Synod: Kansas, Missouri: Susan Candea [44] 41,541 [45] 165 [45] Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod Arkansas, Oklahoma: Michael Girlinghouse [46] 7,156 [47] 50 [47] Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod North Texas, North ...
Clovis, as a Nicene Christian, was aware of this and thus the need to call a Frankish synod. Agde and Orléans shared both attendees and legislative concerns. Halfond has argued that issues from Agde were raised at Orléans with the specific aim of addressing concerns of the Aquitanian bishops who were new to Frankish rule. [20]
Much of the documentation pertaining to the Concilium relies on Boniface and documents associated with his life, and while the saint was prone to rhetorical embellishment and exaggeration in his correspondence, his assessment of the situation in the Frankish church appears to be reliable, [2] although in some details he was off by a few years—the last synod in the Frankish church appears to ...