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    while provincial councils involve the bishops of an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church recognizes as ecumenical 21 councils occurring over a...
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    post-schism ecumenical councils canonical for Catholics). These seven ecumenical councils are: Emperor Constantine convened this council to settle a controversial...
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  • provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Catholic Ecumenical Councils. An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and...
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  • reckoning them as ecumenical. In all, the Catholic Church recognizes twenty-one councils as ecumenical. The first four ecumenical councils are recognized...
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    Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church...
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    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...
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    examples of types of councils encountered in politics include: Borough council, a form of local government Catholic Ecumenical Councils, ecclesiastical gatherings...
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    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...
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    The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western...
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  • 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...
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