The conferences of bishops follow the meetings of the apostles. They were established on a grassroots initiative and initially had a private character. The aim of such meetings was to establish the same method of teaching the truths of faith and 19 normalizing church discipline. The Holy See understood the need for such meetings of bishops and allowed them. From the pontificate of Pius IX, the form of meetings of bishops forming conferences began to be appreciated and supported. During the council discussions, the need for legal regulation of this institution in the Church was noticed. The conference of bishops found its regulation in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The legislator gave the conference of bishops legislative, executive and judicial powers. These competences, included in the individual dispositions of the codex legislator, constitute a catalogue of matters requiring regulation by the conference of bishops.
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