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(early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church
How To Use ecumenical council In A Sentence
- Various ecumenical councils were convened where the bishops from different regions met and discussed liturgical and doctrinal matters.
- The ceiling is painted with frescos, among which the four larger - sized depict the ecumenical councils.
- Most of the Reformed churches would accept the teachings of the ecumenical councils of the first millennium.
- This pattern continued in the early ecumenical councils, especially Nicaea.
- Now it is necessary to call for a broad-based ecumenical council addressing the issue of sexual misconduct in the church.
- But the faith of the Church is that when the Church meets in an ecumenical council, it is doing so under the guidance of the Spirit.
- Most of the Reformed churches would accept the teachings of the ecumenical councils of the first millennium.
- The Second Ecumenical Council's classification of heretics into those in need of baptism and those in need of Chrismation, however, was based, according to our writers, on a specific ecclesiological and canonical assumption. Orrologion
- We cannot do something contrary to an ecumenical council. Christianity Today
- We cannot do something contrary to an ecumenical council. Christianity Today
