Definition of "ecclesial" [ec•cle•si•al]

• Of or pertaining to a church or its functions, teachings, or organization. (adjective)

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• "How much of the post – Conciliar liturgical reform truly reflects “Sacrosanctum Concilium”, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Sacred Liturgy is a question that has often been debated in ecclesial circles ever since the Consilium ad Exsequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia finished its work."
• "Thus HBC eschews the authority and guidance of tradition, magisterium, creed, or any kind of ecclesial or "external" epistemic authority."
• "On some level the paper is written with a kind of ecclesial distance."