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Ecumenical council
Ecumenic Ec`u*men"ic, Ecumenical Ec`u*men"ic*al, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to inhabit, from ? house, dwelling. See Economy.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also [oe]cumenical.] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes. Ecumenical council. See under Council.

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- An e****enical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian...
- The Council of Chalcedon (/kælˈsiːdən, ˈkælsɪdɒn/; Latin: Concilium Chalcedonense) was the fourth e****enical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked...
- first seven e****enical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus...
- Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325. This e****enical council was the first of many efforts to attain...
- According to the Catholic Church, a Church Council is e****enical ("world-wide") if it is "a solemn congregation of the Catholic bishops of the world at...
- Second E****enical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent e****enical council of the...
- Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third e****enical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an ****embly representing...
- The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven e****enical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church...
- The Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven e****enical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic...
- The E****enical Council is a surrealist painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí completed in 1960. It is one of his masterpieces, taking two years to complete...