Many bishops and divines considered the proposed definition a false one.

The document is among several that the bishops, meeting in a downtown hotel, will consider in their four-day gathering.

"After completing a predetermined date, all bishops consider their resignation," he said.

Even the bishops of the Catholic Church are considering a nationwide advertising program to encourage Catholics to return to their roots.

"If such action persists, bishops may consider excommunication the only option," he wrote.

These bishops considered themselves the spiritual successors of those apostles.

"If such actions persist, bishops may consider excommunication the only option."

In 1776, the bishop of Cebu considered Silay as the center of the parish.

After the trials, the diocese began putting together what some bishops consider a model for protecting children.

He suggested that some bishops considered any embrace of the group to be a challenge to their "absolute power."