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  2. Council of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. 48–50 AD.. The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision of males.

  3. First seven ecumenical councils - Wikipedia

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    Representatives came from across the Empire, subsidized by the Emperor. Previous to this council, the bishops would hold local councils, such as the Council of Jerusalem, but there had been no universal, or ecumenical, council. The council drew up a creed, the original Nicene Creed, which received nearly

  4. Ancient church councils (pre-ecumenical) - Wikipedia

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    The Acts of the Apostles records, without using for it the term "council" or "synod", what has been called the Council of Jerusalem: to respond to a consultation by Paul of Tarsus, the apostles and elders of the Church in Jerusalem met to address the question of observance of biblical law in the early Christian community, which included Gentile converts. [8]

  5. Catholic ecumenical councils - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council, held in Jerusalem around AD 50 and described in Acts of the Apostles chapter 15, is not an ecumenical Council, even though most Christian denominations consider that it expresses a key part of Christian doctrine and moral teaching.

  6. Ecumenical council - Wikipedia

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    An ecumenical council, also called general council, ... [31] that of Constantinople in 1341–1351 and that of Jerusalem in 1672 to be ecumenical: Council in Trullo ...

  7. Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Jerusalem was established as a patriarchate because of the holiness of the place; the special significance acquired between the first and fourth ecumenical councils; the erection of magnificent churches; the conversion of a large proportion of the population of Roman and Byzantine Syria-Palestina to Christianity; the coming together of pilgrims ...

  8. Eastern Orthodox opposition to papal supremacy - Wikipedia

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    3.2 Council of Jerusalem. 3.3 Easter controversy. ... Thus an Ecumenical Council could rule on the faith of a pope and expel him from the church. [112] Council in Trullo

  9. Christianity in the 4th century - Wikipedia

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    In 325 Constantine called for the Council of Nicaea, which was effectively the first Ecumenical Council (the Council of Jerusalem was the first recorded Christian council but rarely is it considered ecumenical), to deal mostly with the Arian heresy, but which also issued the Nicene Creed, which among other things professed a belief in One Holy ...