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Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre), accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon ...
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.
The Catholic Church recognizes as ecumenical various councils held later than the First Council of Ephesus (after which churches out of communion with the Holy See because of the Nestorian Schism did not participate), later than the Council of Chalcedon (after which there was no participation by churches that rejected Dyophysitism), later than ...
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 ...
Byzantine Iconoclasm – the practice of destroying icons and images. This council repudiated this belief. relics part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial. This council decreed that altars must contain a relic.
Councils of the Christian Church grouped by the century in which they were held. Subcategories. This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
The book included the deuterocanonical books and was marked by his criticisms of church abuses, anti-catholic views of the sacraments (Penance and Eucharist), the use of relics, and clerical celibacy. These views ultimately led to his excommunication by the church, and in 1428, long after his death, his remains were exhumed and burned as a heretic.
For church councils of the western church (local or ecumenical) prior to the Great Schism in 1054, see Category:Church councils by century. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.