Frequent guests were people of France's literary, political and ecclesiastical communities.
The Congress votes reflect the choice and attitude of the ecclesiastical community.
In Catholic canon law, a particular Church is an ecclesiastical community headed by a bishop or someone recognised as the equivalent of a bishop.
Gerbod remained at Cluny becoming a distinguished member of that ecclesiastical community.
In hindsight, it can be said that the experience was the parish's precursor to building small ecclesiastical communities.
Officially, the Rhinegraviate converted to Lutheran belief in 1555, which still lies at the root of today's ecclesiastical community.
Other select members of the wider academic, social, and ecclesiastical community are also included.
"You never seem to criticize my ambition as long as its benefits are directed toward the ecclesiastical community."
The heathered hills and valleys fell behind them, and the vast ecclesiastical community of Armagh lay before them.
Adhemar records that new missals were distributed among the ecclesiastical communities of the diocese, perhaps gifts from Jordan.