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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: General Councils |
 | | Councils are, then, from their nature, a common effort of the Church, or part of the Church, for self-preservation and self-defence. | | | Councils are legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline. | | | A council in opposition to the pope is not representative of the whole Church, for it neither represents the pope who opposes it, nor the absent bishops, who cannot act beyond the limits of their dioceses except through the pope. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04423f.htm
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| | First Ecumenical Council - OrthodoxWiki |
| | The council was summoned in the year 325 by the Emperor St. Constantine the Great, who desired unity in the Roman Empire and thus called the Church's bishops together to settle the raging of the heresy of Arianism, the doctrine that Jesus Christ was a created being and therefore not truly the one God. | | | All the bishops at the council signed the Creed except for two, Theonas of Marmarica and Secundus of Ptolemais, who were subsequently deposed by the Church and then exiled by the emperor, along with Arius, who also refused to accept the decrees of the council. | | | St. Athanasius of Alexandria puts the number at 318, which is regarded as a mystically significant number, as in Genesis 14:14, the number of servants whom Abraham (then still named "Abram") took with him to rescue his nephew Lot. |
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http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/First_Ecumenical_Council
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| | MAJOR COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH: (councils.htm) |
| | This Council's main docket was the attempt to reunite with the Eastern Church, but it was only temporary and the schism grew wider after the solidification of the Dogmatic Filioque in which it was reaffirmed emphatically that the Holy Ghost proceeds from both the Father and the Son. | | | The greatest periti was the Bishop of Alexandria, Saint Athanasius who, amidst his struggles with the Arians, argued convincingly for condemning Arius and, as a deacon, St. Athanasius was at the forefront in defining the Consubstantiality of the Son with the Heavenly Father. | | | The Second Council in Constantinople condemned the "Three Chapters" which was a collection of statements by three deceased disciples of the deposed Nestorius. |
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http://www.dailycatholic.org/history/councils.htm
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| | The Council of Nicea |
| | The Council of Nicea, a gathering similar to the one described in Acts 15:4-22, condemned the beliefs of Arius and wrote the first version of the now famous creed proclaiming that the Son was "one in being with the Father" by use of the Greek word "homoousius." | | | The bishops of the Council stopped their ears on hearing the words of Arius and immediately rejected his teaching as distant and alien from the belief of the Church. | | | It must be concluded, then, that the controversy was between a great majority who held the belief that the doctrine expressed by the Nicene Creed was ancient and Apostolic, and a minority who believed that Arius' new interpretation of the faith was correct. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm
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| | Pius IX Vatican I |
| | The purpose of the council was, besides the condemnation of contemporary errors, to define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ. | | | Likewise all other things which have been transmitted, defined and declared by the sacred canons and the ecumenical councils, especially the sacred Trent, I accept unhesitatingly and profess; in the same way whatever is to the contrary, and whatever heresies have been condemned, rejected and anathematized by the Church, I too condemn, reject and anathematize. | | | So the fathers of the fourth Council of Constantinople, following the footsteps of their predecessors, published this solemn profession of faith: The first condition of salvation is to maintain the rule of the true faith. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/V1.HTM
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| | Eccumenical Council of Florence and Council of Basel |
| | Nevertheless it is significant that the church's unity was discussed in a council attended by some eastern bishops and theologians, and that there was agreement on the principal dogmatic and disciplinary questions which had divided the two churches for many centuries. | | | In it the definition of the sacred council of Chalcedon about the two natures and the one person of Christ was renewed and many errors of Origen and his followers, especially about the penitence and liberation of demons and other condemned beings, were refuted and condemned. | | | With the approval and help of this sacred ecumenical council, avenge with condign penalties this new frenzy which has become inflamed to your injury and that of the holy Roman church, your spouse, and to the notorious scandal of the whole Christian people. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/FLORENCE.HTM
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| | The Ecumenical Councils of the Roman Catholic Church |
| | This council condemned the heresy of Macedonius by clearly defining the divinity of the Holy Ghost: He is not created like the angels no matter how high an order is attributed to such a "creature." The council also reaffirmed the faith of Nicaea. | | | The Ecumenical Councils of the Roman Catholic Church | | | This council also briefly affirmed the condemnation of the Pelagians (see local Council of Carthage, A.D. St. Cyril of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d.444), was the bishop presiding. |
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http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/articles/ecumcncl.htm
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| | SCEC1.NET |
| | Addressing the core issues of Christian unity, the Assembly agreed on a new text, "Called to be the One Church," and urged that WCC and its member churches give priority to the questions of unity, catholicity, baptism and prayer. | | | Approving a substantial change in priorities and culture, the World Council of Churches (WCC) 9th Assembly completed its meeting with prayer in Porto Alegre Thursday, and agreed to give priority to spirituality, ecumenical formation, global justice and prophetic witness. | | | The 9th Assembly was the first to be held in Latin America since the Council´s creation in 1948, and the host churches from Brazil and the broader region were actively involved in the event. |
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http://www.scec1.net
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| | The Council of Cholcedon in its address to the Emperor says: "The bishops who at Constantinople detected the taint of Apollinarianism, communicated to the Westerns their decision in the matter." From this we may reasonably conclude, with Tillemont,(3) that the lost Tome treated also of the Apollinarian heresy. | | | One of the creeds of the Council of Antioch in Encaeniis (A.D. 341) reads: "and he sitteth at the right hand of [164] the Father, and he shah come again to judge both the quick and the dead, and he remaineth God and King to all eternity."(1) NOTE II. | | | And what this was is evident from the definition of the Council of Florence, which, while indeed it was not received by the Eastern Church, and therefore cannot be accepted as an authoritative exposition of its views, yet certainly must be regarded as a true and full expression of the teaching of the West. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/const1.txt
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| | Proceedings and Texts of the Council of Chalcedon |
| | The latter having rejected the Council of Ephesus in favour of his friendship with Nestorius, Cyril attempts to reconcile him to the Orthodox faith. | | | The most important part of the Council's proceedings was the production of this short Definition, which provides the Church's answer to the Christological problems that had been rife for the past two centuries. | | | The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon |
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http://www.monachos.net/patristics/christology/chalcedon.shtml
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| | Ecumenical agencies - Canada (by region) |
| | At the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, we seek to call all Christian churches, regardless of denomination, to the goal of visible reconciliation and unity for the world's sake, expressed in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship in Christ." The Prairie Centre for Ecumenism has been in operation since 1984. | | | as an ecumenical agency, now serving 2,000 congregations from 57 Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communions in seven counties of SE Michigan and one county of SW Ontario], empowered by the Holy Spirit and proclaiming the love of God through Christ Jesus. | | | Greater Victoria Council of Churches (Rev. Edwin Taylor, St. Alban's Church, 1468 Ryan St., Victoria, BC V8R 2X1) |
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http://www.ecumenism.net/agencies/canada_regional.htm
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| | EXCURSUS ON THE WORD HOMOUSIOS.(4) The Fathers of the Council at Nice were at one time ready to accede to the request of some of the bishops and use only scriptural expressions in their definitions. | | | This audacious attempt to set at nought the Nicene decrees, and to falsify both history and tradition was regarded with the utmost indignation by the leaders of the Christian church. | | | It decided(a) that a single bishop of the province was not sufficient for the appointment of another;(b) three at least should meet, and(c) they were not to proceed to election without the written permission of the absent bishops; it was necessary(d) to obtain afterward the approval of the metropolitan. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nicea1.txt
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| | Evanston Ecumenical Action Council |
| | As it is used in the religious world today, the term" ecumenical" refers to the closer association of Christian churches. | | | Here the mission of the Ecumenical Council is to bring the energy and resources of the many together in cooperation to meet the needs that our faith in Christ leads us to see across our diverse city. | | | The Evanston Ecumenical Action Council is a partnership of Christian congregations and church related agencies in Evanston and neighboring communities |
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http://www.evhomeless.org/eeac
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| | The First Ecumenical Council |
| | The Council declared Arius' teaching a heresy, unacceptable to the Church and decreed that Christ is God. | | | If He became God, then there was time when He was not. | | | The first part of the seven articles of the Creed were ratified at the First Ecumenical Council. |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8062.asp
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| | Through membership in this council we affirm our unity as members of the Body of Jesus Christ, whom we affirm as Divine Lord and Savior." --from the Preamble of the AEC By-Laws | | | You may read about them and our various collaborative activities by following the navigation bar on the left, and then contact us if you want to be a part of this journey of faith together. | | | The members of the Arizona Ecumenical Council desire to be a united Christian witness in prayer, study, and service. |
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http://www.aecunity.net
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| | Seven Ecumenical Councils - All About Turkey |
| | Constantinople III 680 A.D. Affirmed the True Humanity of Jesus by insisting upon the reality of His Human will and action. | | | Constantinople IV 692 A.D. Completed the 5th and 6th Ecumenical Councils |
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http://www.allaboutturkey.com/ecumenic.htm
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| | The Seventh Ecumenical Council |
| | It centered around the use of icons in the Church and the controversy between the iconoclasts and iconophiles. | | | The day was called "Triumph of Orthodoxy." Since that time, this event is commemorated yearly with a special service on the first Sunday of Lent, the "Sunday of Orthodoxy." | | | HOME -> OUR FAITH -> The Seventh Ecumenical Council |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8071.asp
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