[Apologetics] Seven Ecumenical Counsels

[Art Kelly]

The Catholic Church does not regard all of its many councils at ecumenical.  See the article, Synod, in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia at
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Synod
  
          
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Synod
A general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under hierarchical authority, for the discussion and decision of matters relating to faith, morals, or discipline. It corresponds to the Latin word concilium  
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See also the article, Plenary Council, at
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Plenary Council
  
          
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Plenary Council
A canonical term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods.  
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In addition, please read the article, General Council, at
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: General Councils
  
          
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: General Councils
Article looking at the definition, place in church governance and short historical sketches of each council until Vatican I  
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If you have any comments or questions, please let me know. 

 
Art

Turris Fortis Mihi Deus


On Sunday, August 31, 2014 9:53 PM, Stuart Gathman <stuart at gathman.org> wrote:
 


The first 7 match the 7 covered in the book.  I put "ecumenical" in scare-quotes, because I knew that Catholics regard all their councils as ecumenical (that being pretty much the definition of "catholic").  The Eastern Orthodox churches only recognize the first 7, and that is why this author calls them "ecumenical".   This is a Protestant church, and it is news to them that there were more than one.  So I am not going to push calling the remaining 14 councils "ecumenical" - although I will of course mention that Catholics regard them so.


On 08/30/2014 11:32 PM, Art Kelly wrote:

Stuart,
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>The Catholic Church has held 21 ecumenical councils, which the New Advent website at
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>CATHOLIC LIBRARY: The 21 Ecumenical Councils
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>On Saturday, August 30, 2014 7:58 PM, Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at gathman.org> wrote:
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>Art,
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>This is the book I was going to use for the "ecumenical"
                (before the
>east/west split) councils.
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>http://www.amazon.com/Yesterday-Today-Forever-Ecumenical-Councils/dp/1886412057/
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