while provincial councils involve the bishops of an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church recognizes as ecumenical 21 councils occurring over a...

reckoning them as ecumenical. In all, the Catholic Church recognizes twenty-one councils as ecumenical. The first four ecumenical councils are recognized...

provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Catholic Ecumenical Councils. An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and...

post-schism ecumenical councils canonical for Catholics). These seven ecumenical councils are: Emperor Constantine convened this council to settle a controversial...

Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church...

The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven ecumenical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. In...

Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the...

examples of types of councils encountered in politics include: Borough council, a form of local government Catholic Ecumenical Councils, ecclesiastical gatherings...

The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western...

First Council of Nicaea, the event that marked the end of the period of the ancient pre-ecumenical councils. The earliest known church councils were held...

The Fourth Council of Constantinople was the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church held in Constantinople from 5 October 869, to 28 of February...

879 among its ecumenical councils. Fifth Council of Constantinople Dragas, George Dion (1999). "The Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV (879/880)...

of the first seven ecumenical councils. The principal purpose of the council was to re-assert the teachings of the ecumenical Council of Ephesus against...

First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church...

first systematic Code of Catholic Canon Law, issued in 1917. Pentarchy First seven Ecumenical Councils "CHURCH FATHERS: Council in Trullo (A.D. 692)". www...

in the context of the larger ecumenical councils organised with the support of the Roman Emperor. The aim of these councils was to clarify matters of Christian...

McGuckin, p. 21 McGuckin, pp. 22–23 Kelly, Joseph (2009). The ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church: a history. Liturgical Press. ISBN 9780814657034....

which is considered by the Catholic Church to be the twelfth ecumenical council. The council addressed a number of issues, including the sacraments, the...

general councils to adopt creeds and canons. This Council is generally considered the beginning of the period of the first seven ecumenical councils in the...

Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 September 2013. McGuckin PG, 37.1157–9, Carm. de vita sua, ll 1828–55. "NPNF2-14. The Seven Ecumenical Councils"...

The Council of Constance (Latin: Concilium Constantiense; German: Konzil von Konstanz) was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from...

Fifth Council of the Lateran, held between 1512 and 1517, was the eighteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and was the last council before...

the supremacy of general councils laid down by the Council of Constance, which had also called for frequent ecumenical councils every ten years to cope...

The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the Lateran Palace next to the Lateran Basilica. Ranking...

Outline of Christianity Outline of Catholicism Outline of the Catholic ecumenical councils Phyletism Cross, F.L.; Livingstone, E.A., eds. (1974). "Heresy"...

others in the succeeding five councils. The result of these councils is accepted as having the authority of an ecumenical council by Eastern Orthodox Christians...

The Second Council of the Lateran was the tenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church. It was convened by Pope Innocent II in April 1139...

references and religious scenes emphasizing Catholic symbolism. Dalí was inspired to paint The Ecumenical Council upon the 1958 election of Pope John XXIII...

works in collaboration with state ecumenical councils around Australia. It is an associate council of the World Council of Churches, a member of the Christian...

"Coll. conciliorum" Gratian, who compiled the edicts of previous Catholic Ecumenical Councils and the principles of church law, published the Decretum about...