| A year earlier, Communion had been denied to two women present at a conciliar liturgy, which attracted much attention in the press. |
| In fact, his election discredited the conciliar movement as being schismatic. |
| Bonds with Rome had been strengthened, as the Holy See summoned the meetings, suggested agenda, and approved conciliar decrees. |
| Only a conciliar decision of the whole church can make such authoritative and binding pronouncements. |
| The church, a conciliar, sacred communion, accepts and sanctifies the icon. |
| Thus they must reject that conciliar document and not just its implementation. |
