AQA GCSE Religious Studies B · 8063
Specification 3.1.3.3 · Paper 1
Revise: Sources of Authority on the TrinityWhen bishops gather in a Church council to settle questions of belief, they exercise conciliar magisterial authority. Catholics believe the Holy Spirit guides the Church in preserving and explaining the apostolic faith. A council therefore has more authority than the opinion of an individual theologian.