It was felt to be a political necessity that he should return, and in 1541, somewhat reluctantly, he returned on his own terms. These were the recognition of the Church's spiritual independence, the division of the town into parishes, and the appointment (by the municipal authority) of a consistory or council of elders in each parish for the exercise of discipline. [Please select]
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But the consistory could not itself inflict punishment; that was the province of the civil government. [Please select]
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Sara Hathericke and Jane Urwen accused before the Consistory Court. [Please select]
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Quoted by Edward Peacock from the records of the Consistory Court of Durham. [Please select]
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He did not interfere with doctrines, nor discipline, nor rites, nor forms of worship; but he unseated the Patriarch, and appointed instead a consistory, the members of which were nominated by himself. [Please select]
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He summoned a consistory of fourteen eminent Dominican theologians, to inquire into his conduct and opinions, and issued a brief forbidding him to preach, under penalty of excommunication. [Please select]
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