collective religious leadership
C3006
concept
A collective religious leadership is a group of individuals who jointly hold and exercise spiritual, doctrinal, and organizational authority within a faith community.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| religious leadership body | 6 |
| group of religious leaders | 4 |
| religious leadership group | 3 |
| collective religious leadership canonical | 2 |
| religious leadership | 2 |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses organizational structure element | 1 |
| authority in matters of faith and morals | 1 |
| church leadership body | 1 |
| church leadership role | 1 |
| collective religious figure | 1 |
| ecclesiastical leadership council | 1 |
| group of religious officials | 1 |
| leadership body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 |
| religious elite | 1 |
| religious leadership structure | 1 |
| senior church leadership | 1 |
| supreme authority of religious order | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: collective religious leadership
Generated description
A collective religious leadership is a group of individuals who jointly hold and exercise spiritual, doctrinal, and organizational authority within a faith community.
Instances (28)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| ruling elders in the Presbyterian Church (USA) | church leadership role |
| Templer Society elders | religious leadership body |
| Jerusalem priestly families | religious elite |
| Anglican authorities | religious leadership |
| bishops of the Church of England | group of religious leaders |
|
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
surface form:
Quorum of Twelve Apostles (Temple Lot)
|
ecclesiastical leadership council |
| Church leadership (Kirchenleitung) | church leadership body |
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) | leadership body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines | religious leadership group |
| General Chapter of the Carthusian Order | supreme authority of religious order |
|
magisterium of the Catholic Church
surface form:
Magisterium of the Catholic Church
|
authority in matters of faith and morals |
| Panj Pyare | — |
| Guru Gobind Singh’s Panj Pyare | collective religious figure |
| Service Committee | Jehovah’s Witnesses organizational structure element |
| Delphic priests | group of religious officials |
| Sikh Gurus | group of religious leaders |
|
Imamat council or imams council
surface form:
Imamat Council
|
religious leadership body |
| Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses | — |
| Popes of Avignon | religious leadership group |
| Archbishops of Canterbury and York | senior church leadership |
| Church Administration of Iglesia ni Cristo | religious leadership |
| Maronite bishops of Lebanon | group of religious leaders |
| Melkite Greek Catholic bishops | group of religious leaders |
|
world church leadership of Community of Christ
surface form:
World Church Leadership of Community of Christ
|
religious leadership body |
| LDS Church leadership | religious leadership structure |
| Board of General Superintendents | religious leadership body |
| Board of General Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene | religious leadership body |
| Tiantai patriarchs | religious leadership group |