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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Istanbul, Turkey): Council of Constantinople (360), a local council First Council of Constantinople (381), the Second Ecumenical Council Council of Constantinople...

The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. It was covened in territories...

continued, it would have qualified as an ecumenical council. In the official List of ecumenical councils, the Council of Siena is no longer listed, as the...

Turkey) in AD 381 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. This second ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing...

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

1245. This was the first ecumenical council to be held outside Rome's Lateran Palace (the venue of 4 previous ecumenical councils since the Great Schism...

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...

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...

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...

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...