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Unity views God as spiritual energy that is present everywhere and is available to all people. According to Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore: “God is not a person who has set creation in motion and gone away and left it to run down like a clock. God is Spirit, infinite Mind, the immanent force and intelligence everywhere manifest in nature.
Eastern Orthodox Church councils (15 P) Ecumenical councils (3 C, 21 P) I. Synods of Ireland (6 P) P. Protestant councils and synods (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category ...
This was the punishment decreed at this council for those who did not accept Church doctrine; The Virgin Mary – Mary, mother of Jesus. This council decreed she is to be called Theotokos (God-bearer) Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.) Chalcedonian Creed – declares that Jesus Christ is both truly God and truly Man
Ecumenism (/ ɪ ˈ k juː m ə ˌ n ɪ z əm / ih-KYOO-mə-niz-əm; alternatively spelled oecumenism) – also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalism – is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. [2]
Both Orthodox and Lutherans affirm that apostolic authority was exercised in the ecumenical councils of the Church in which the bishops, through illumination and glorification brought about by the Holy Spirit, exercised responsibility. Ecumenical councils are a special gift of God to the Church and are an authoritative inheritance through the ages.
According to the Catholic Church, a Church Council is ecumenical ("world-wide") if it is "a solemn congregation of the Catholic bishops of the world at the invitation of the Pope to decide on matters of the Church with him". [1] The wider term "ecumenical council" relates to Church councils recognised by both Eastern and Western Christianity.
Ad gentes (To the Nations) is the Second Vatican Council's decree on missionary activity that reaffirmed the need for missions and salvation in Christ. [2] The document establishes evangelization as one of the fundamental missions of the Catholic Church and reaffirms the tie between evangelization and charity for the poor.
The Council of the Church has not been formally convened in the church for many years. For this reason, few Latter-day Saints have heard of the council or are familiar with its potential powers. However, in the church today, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles hold weekly combined meetings in the Salt Lake Temple. This ...