while provincial councils involve the bishops of an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church recognizes as ecumenical 21 councils occurring over a...

provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Catholic Ecumenical Councils. An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and...

post-schism ecumenical councils canonical for Catholics). These seven ecumenical councils are: Emperor Constantine convened this council to settle a controversial...

reckoning them as ecumenical. In all, the Catholic Church recognizes twenty-one councils as ecumenical. The first four ecumenical councils are recognized...

Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church...

The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven ecumenical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. In...

Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the...

examples of types of councils encountered in politics include: Borough council, a form of local government Catholic Ecumenical Councils, ecclesiastical gatherings...

First Council of Nicaea, the event that marked the end of the period of the ancient pre-ecumenical councils. The earliest known church councils were held...

The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western...