ecumenical_council (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *ecumenical council*:
NOUN	group	ecumenical council	(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

English > *ecumenical council*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	(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.
Example	"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"
Narrower	Chalcedon, Council of Chalcedon	The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
	Constantinople, First Council of Constantinople	The second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
	Constantinople, Second Council of Constantinople	The fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
	Constantinople, Third Council of Constantinople	The sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
	Ephesus, Council of Ephesus	The third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius
	Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea	The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy / heresy of Arianism
	Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea	The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
Broader	council	(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
Spanish	concilio ecuménico
Catalan	concili ecumènic

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