Conferences, Ecclesiastical
- Conferences, Ecclesiastical
- Conferences, Ecclesiastical
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• Meetings of clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, matters pertaining to their state of life, and, in particular, questions of moral theology and liturgy
Catholic Encyclopedia.
Kevin Knight.
2006.
Catholic encyclopedia.
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